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Chairs

Trade Topics

Year

Research

Global value chains and firms’ environmental performance, published in World Development

26 September 2023

This paper analyzes the link between joining global value chains (GVCs) and firms’ environmental performance. Based on new survey data for firms in countries in Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and MENA, we use propensity score matching (PSM) to compare simi ...

CO2 emissions, environmental provisions and global value chains in MENA countries

1 December 2020

The paper investigates the relationship between carbon emissions, environmental provisions in Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) and Global Value Chains (GVCs) using a panel data gravity model for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region over the peri ...

"Governance and renewable energy investment in MENA countries: How does trade matter?" appeared in Energy Economics

11 November 2019

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries have recently developed renewable energy (RE) markets. However, their rate of investment in renewable energy remains small compared to other regions in the world despite their relatively abundant endowment ...

Risk Aversion, Environmental Regulation and Cournot Competition on Electricity Wholesale Market

12 November 2018

This paper analyses the effect of green energy promotion policies in a decentralized power industry. We develop a Cournot duopolistic competition between risk-adverse operators each detaining polluting and clean technologies. We show that the subsidy-base ...