Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, cilt.532, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
This study examines the determinants and spatial effects of low-carbon technology product exports in Black Sea littoral countries, analyzing the role of regional integration in shaping eco-friendly trade dynamics. Utilizing panel data from 1996 to 2022, spatial econometric analyses reveal that low-carbon technology imports, current account balance, rule of law, and knowledge globalization positively influence export performance. Conversely, political globalization and export product diversification exhibit negative impacts on low-carbon exports. These findings underscore that knowledge sharing, economic stability, and institutional quality foster export performance among regional countries, while excessive political integration and a lack of specialization may constrain their potential. Spatial spillover effects indicate that positive developments in neighboring countries enhance the focal country's export performance, whereas export growth in neighboring countries reduces the focal country's exports due to competitive pressures. Additionally, detected spatial error effects suggest that unobserved factors exhibit geographically clustered patterns across the region. Moreover, the robustness and sensitivity analyses performed also revealed that the main model results were preserved under different specifications. These findings demonstrate the critical importance of spatially informed design in eco-friendly economic transition processes in strategic regions such as the Black Sea.