Linkages between globalisation, carbon dioxide emissions and governance in Sub-Saharan Africa

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This study investigates linkages between environmental degradation, globalisation and governance in 44 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa using data for the period 2000-2012. The Generalised Method of Moments is employed as empirical strategy. Environmental degradation is proxied by carbon dioxide emissions whereas globalisation is appreciated in terms of trade openness and net foreign direct investment inflows. Bundled and unbundled governance indicators are used, namely: political governance (consisting of political stability/no violence and "voice & accountability"), economic governance (encompassing government effectiveness and regulation quality), institutional governance (entailing corruption-control and the rule of law) and general governance (a composite measurement of political governance, economic governance and institutional governance). The following main finding is established. Trade openness modulates carbon dioxide emissions to have positive net effects on political stability, economic governance, the rule of law and general governance.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: AGDI Working Paper ; No. WP/19/051

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection ; Technological Change: Government Policy ; Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General ; Economywide Country Studies: Africa ; Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Legal Institutions; Illegal Behavior
• Subject: Carbon dioxide emissions ; Economic development ; Africa

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Asongu, Simplice ; Nting, Rexon T. ; Nnanna, Joseph
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
• (where): Yaoundé
• (when): 2019

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/205021
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET