Trade-Environment Nexus in Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis Framework: A Time Series Study for Uzbekistan

Authors

  • Ihtisham Ul Haq Department of Econometrics, Tashkent State University of Economics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • Norbek Nurmatov School of Economics and Trade, Hunan University, Changsha, China
  • Piratdin Allayarov Department of Econometrics, Tashkent State University of Economics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • Kizlargul Tajibaeva Department of Finance and Digital Economy, Tashkent State University of Economics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • Zoya Khalekeeva Department of Finance and Financial Technologies, Tashkent State University of Economics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.17980

Keywords:

Exports Openness, Imports Openness, Environmental Degradation, EKC Hypothesis

Abstract

This study examines the impact of trade on environmental degradation in Uzbekistan. However, to capture the individual effect of exports and imports, this study includes exports openness and imports openness as factors of environmental degradation. Moreover, this study also examines the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis. Thus, these two objectives make this study unique for Uzbekistan. This study determined cointegration through bounds test approach. Moreover, one can also capture short run and long run effects through this Bounds approach. The results of this study show that exports openness has a negative but insignificant effect on environmental degradation, whereas imports openness has a positive and significant effect on environmental degradation. These results demonstrate that negative effects of exports openness is not upsetting the deteriorating effect of imports openness therefore, it is concluded that trade is leading to environmental degradation in Uzbekistan. Additionally, the result of this study confirms EKC hypothesis in Uzbekistan.

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Published

2025-02-25

How to Cite

Haq, I. U., Nurmatov, N., Allayarov, P., Tajibaeva, K., & Khalekeeva, Z. (2025). Trade-Environment Nexus in Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis Framework: A Time Series Study for Uzbekistan. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 15(2), 609–615. https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.17980

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2025)

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