Trade Liberalization and Environmental Pollution in Iran

The environment is one of the main concerns in global policies and affects many other factors including the economy. Trade liberalization would affect environmental quality through its effect on production. This study aims to express the effect of the trade liberalization policy on environmental pol...

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Main Authors: Seyed Nezamuddin Makiyan, Mahsa Saeedi, Mehdi Nejati
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Language:English
Published: Istanbul University Press 2022-07-01
Series:İktisat Politikası Araştırmaları Dergisi
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Online Access:https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/01ADCCFB03584EE3A55CE85CE57681B3
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description The environment is one of the main concerns in global policies and affects many other factors including the economy. Trade liberalization would affect environmental quality through its effect on production. This study aims to express the effect of the trade liberalization policy on environmental pollution in the frame of a multi-regional system model. Thus, the GTAP-E model was utilized for the year 2019, so that the environmental consequences (in terms of measurement of CO2 emission) could be studied as the result of reducing the tariffs on import in the forms of two scenarios. In the first scenario, the import tariff on agricultural, industry and services products was reduced by 5%, and in the second scenario, the import tariff on the agricultural, industry and services sectors was reduced by 5%, 10% and 15%, respectively. The results obtained in both cases indicate a reduction in the effect of scale, technique and composition. The results indicate that an import tariff reduction in the various sectors of the economy reduces pollution emissions and its effects improve the environment. The second scenario has a greater effect on the different sectors and also is closer to the reality of Iran’s economy.
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spelling doaj-art-45e1b76847df40bc94f207230ff5beae2025-08-20T02:15:38ZengIstanbul University Pressİktisat Politikası Araştırmaları Dergisi2148-38762022-07-019255757310.26650/JEPR1023518123456Trade Liberalization and Environmental Pollution in IranSeyed Nezamuddin Makiyan0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8890-3890Mahsa Saeedi1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5844-0162Mehdi Nejati2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4103-869XYazd University, Yazd, IranYazd University, Yazd, IranShahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, IranThe environment is one of the main concerns in global policies and affects many other factors including the economy. Trade liberalization would affect environmental quality through its effect on production. This study aims to express the effect of the trade liberalization policy on environmental pollution in the frame of a multi-regional system model. Thus, the GTAP-E model was utilized for the year 2019, so that the environmental consequences (in terms of measurement of CO2 emission) could be studied as the result of reducing the tariffs on import in the forms of two scenarios. In the first scenario, the import tariff on agricultural, industry and services products was reduced by 5%, and in the second scenario, the import tariff on the agricultural, industry and services sectors was reduced by 5%, 10% and 15%, respectively. The results obtained in both cases indicate a reduction in the effect of scale, technique and composition. The results indicate that an import tariff reduction in the various sectors of the economy reduces pollution emissions and its effects improve the environment. The second scenario has a greater effect on the different sectors and also is closer to the reality of Iran’s economy.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/01ADCCFB03584EE3A55CE85CE57681B3trade liberalizationenvironment pollutionco2 emissionglobal trade analysis project modeltariff
spellingShingle Seyed Nezamuddin Makiyan
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Trade Liberalization and Environmental Pollution in Iran
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trade liberalization
environment pollution
co2 emission
global trade analysis project model
tariff
title Trade Liberalization and Environmental Pollution in Iran
title_full Trade Liberalization and Environmental Pollution in Iran
title_fullStr Trade Liberalization and Environmental Pollution in Iran
title_full_unstemmed Trade Liberalization and Environmental Pollution in Iran
title_short Trade Liberalization and Environmental Pollution in Iran
title_sort trade liberalization and environmental pollution in iran
topic trade liberalization
environment pollution
co2 emission
global trade analysis project model
tariff
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