Revisited Globalization's Impact on Total Environment: Evidence Based on Overall Environmental Performance Index

Quan-Jing Wang; Yong Geng; Xi-Qiang Xia

doi:10.3390/ijerph182111419

Revisited Globalization's Impact on Total Environment: Evidence Based on Overall Environmental Performance Index

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Oct 29;18(21):11419. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111419.

Authors

Quan-Jing Wang¹, Yong Geng², Xi-Qiang Xia¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Business, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
² School of Environment and Science Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China.

Abstract

This study aims to examine the impact of globalization on environmental performance by employing panel data for 148 countries from 2001 to 2018, via the indicator of Environmental Performance Index to capture the overall environmental quality and KOF index to measure the multi dimensions of globalization. The empirical results suggest that globalization is critical to environmental performance, which is reliable while we conduct several robustness tests. Furthermore, if globalization increases, it would be beneficial for the environmental performance; moreover, among specific dimensions of globalization, economic globalization, social globalization and political globalization would bring about better environmental performance. Besides, the improvement of globalization, social globalization and political globalization would bring about better environmental performance, while that of economic globalization cannot change the overall environmental performance. Our study offers more insight into the relationship between globalization and environmental performance.

Keywords: GMM estimation; environmental performance; globalization; slowing globalization.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Carbon Dioxide*
Economic Development*
Internationality

Substances

Carbon Dioxide