This article explores the effects of including environmental provisions (EPs) in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) on climate change mitigation. It further examines whether the effects depend on the heterogeneity of the EPs. We exploit a panel dataset of the climate change performance index...

The economy is traditionally human-centered and has given too little consideration to plants, animals, climate, and nature in general. What should the economy do to become 'green'? Changing people's social norms would be ideal but is hard to achieve. Second best is to regulate and constrain the...