The Impact of Environmental Quality on Intra-Industrial Trade between Iran and Selected Business Partners

Problems of sustainable development and environmental protection pose a challenge to humanity unprecedented in scope and complexity. Whether and how the problems are resolved have significant implications for human and ecological well-being. Climate change affects not only the domestic activities of any country, but also its foreign activities, including foreign trade. One of the threats to the foreign trade sector is climate change and greenhouse gases. The consequences of rising greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting climate change are the most serious international environmental concerns. International institutions have sought to overcome this concern by directing production and trade around the world. In today's world, no country can live separately from other countries and inevitably needs exchanges. Topics such as intra-industry trade are among the new topics that have been widely discussed in international trade in recent decades and have become very important as the world enters the field of globalization. On the other hand, most countries in the world are focused on protecting the environment and reducing pollution. The purpose of this article is to investigate the effects of environmental quality on the intra-industry trade between two selected groups of agricultural and related industries and selected industrial and factory goods between Iran and selected trading partners including (France, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Russia , Australia, Germany, Denmark, China, Turkey, UAE and Pakistan) by using gravity model during the period of ۲۰۰۱-۲۰۱۸. The econometric pattern was estimated using the least squares method generalized in the panel data environment. The results show by increasing the average emissions between Iran and its trading partner, the flow of intra-industry trade with Iran's trading partner increase in selected agricultural goods and related industries. In addition, the average variable coefficient of emission of pollution in all equations related to intra-industry trade in industrial goods and factories is not significant.

کلیدواژه ها:

Intra-Industry Trade ، Environmental Quality ، Gravity Model. JEL Classification: F۱۴ ، F۱۸