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The Impact of the Transport Sector on the Environment in the Context of Globalization

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The role of transport for economic development has long been recognized, but so has its environmental impact. Transportation investments are able to generate or complement structural change and can significantly contribute to mitigating urban pollution. However, for developing countries, there is a long road ahead toward decoupling transportation investments and pollution. This paper aims to contribute to the existing body of knowledge by bringing new and updated evidence on the relationship between transport investments, economic growth, globalization, and pollution for a wide panel of 94 low- and middle-income countries over the 1990–2018 period. The main findings that emerge from robust System GMM estimations indicate that transport investments contribute to increased pollution in low and middle-income countries, and the effect is stronger for low-income countries. Moreover, globalization is found to negatively affect environmental quality in both low and middle-income economies, revealing the lack of adequate environmental regulations in these countries.

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  1. International Business and Economics Department, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374, Bucharest, Romania

    Cristiana Tudor

  2. Management Information Systems Department, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374, Bucharest, Romania

    Robert Sova

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    Nikolaos Gavanas

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

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Tudor, C., Sova, R. (2023). The Impact of the Transport Sector on the Environment in the Context of Globalization. In: Nathanail, E.G., Gavanas, N., Adamos, G. (eds) Smart Energy for Smart Transport. CSUM 2022. Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23721-8_5

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