eprintid: 19204
rev_number: 26
eprint_status: archive
userid: 2744
dir: disk0/00/01/92/04
datestamp: 2015-08-05 14:02:06
lastmod: 2016-01-11 11:28:16
status_changed: 2015-08-05 14:02:06
type: workingPaper
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Rudolph , Alexandra 
creators_name: Figge, Lukas 
title: How does globalization affect ecological pressures? A robust empirical analysis using the Ecological Footprint 
subjects: ddc-330
divisions: i-181000
keywords:  Ecological Footprint; Globalization; EBA; Global environmental change 
abstract: While the relationship between environmental pressures and globalization is often claimed to be unambiguously positive,  there  is  a  substantial  gap  in  the literature  regarding  systematic evidence. We  fill  this  gap  by  empirically  disentangling  the  nexus  between  globalization  and environmental  degradation  while  at  the  same  time  taking  the  multidimensionality  of  the 
concepts  serious. The Ecological Footprint  (EF) provides  a holistic  approach  to environmental degradation. We generate a data set covering 146 countries over the 1981-2009 period and use an Extreme Bounds Analysis (EBA) to identify a robust set of controls testing different claims of the literature.  Subsequently,  we  test  our  hypothesis  regarding  globalization  controlling  for  this
vector of controls. Our findings suggest that the simple positive correlation has to be interpreted with  care,  since  the  multivariate  analysis  reveals  a  more  detailed  picture  of  the  complex relationship.
date: 2015-08
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00019204
schriftenreihe_cluster_id: sr-3
schriftenreihe_order: 0599
ppn_swb: 1657684679
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-192045
language: eng
bibsort: RUDOLPHALEHOWDOESGLO201508
full_text_status: public
series: Discussion Paper Series, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
volume: 0599
place_of_pub: Heidelberg
pages: 34
citation:   Rudolph , Alexandra  ; Figge, Lukas   (2015) How does globalization affect ecological pressures? A robust empirical analysis using the Ecological Footprint.  [Working paper]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/19204/1/rudolph_figge_2015_dp599.pdf