简介:ThenewWIODdatabaseallowsforimprovedempiricalanalysisonawiderangeofimportantenvironmentalresearchquestions.InthispaperwedemonstratethescientificpoweroftheWIODdatabaseandanalyzeveryurgentpolicyquestionsontheimpactsofinternationaltradeandstructuralchangeontheenvironment.Weapplyrecenteconometricapproachestoshowtheimpactofinternationaltradeontheenvironmentviaitsdifferentchannelsasforinstancetoincreasewelfareandpotentiallyaffectenvironmentalregulationaswellascountries’sector.Thisapproachhasbecomeknownastheeconometricstructuraldecompositionmethod.Inadditiontotheseguidelinesbytheliterature,aneconometricpaneldataapproachisofferedtoshedsomelightontheimpactofstructuralchangeandinternationaltradeonenvironmentalpressure,whereweespeciallyaddressandsolveseveralendogeneityissuesthataddfurthercomplexitytotheanalysis.