• openAccess   Are RTA agreements with environmental provisions reducing emissions? 

      Baghdadi, Leila; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Zitouna, Habib Elsevier (2013-07)
      This paper investigates whether RTAs with environmental provisions affect relative and absolute pollution levels. In order to do so, the determinants of carbon dioxide emissions convergence are estimated for a cross-section ...
    • closedAccess   Global value chains and firms’ environmental performance 

      Siewers, Samuel; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Baghdadi, Leila Elsevier (2023-09-22)
      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 ...
    • closedAccess   Standards and political connections: Evidence from Tunisia 

      Kruse, Hendrik Wiard; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Baghdadi, Leila Elsevier (2021-08-17)
      In this paper we investigate whether trade liberalization leads to more stringent product standards in a developing country context, uncovering the role that the connected firms’ market share plays in markets dominated by ...