https://ojs.umt.edu.pk/index.php/eer/issue/feedEmpirical Economic Review2025-12-30T10:05:08+00:00Dr Hafeez-ur-Rehman[email protected]Open Journal Systems<p style="text-align: justify;">Empirical Economic Review (EER) is a multidisciplinary journal published by the Department of Economics and Statistics, Dr Hasan Murad School of Management (HSM), University of Management and Technology (UMT) Press, Lahore, Pakistan. EER brings forward the prevailing topics in the fields of economics, finance and public policy simulating a thought-provoking debate leading to an insight of theoretical and empirical research. Within this orientation, the journal provides a focus for theoretical, applied, interdisciplinary, history of thought, and methodological work with a strong emphasis on realistic analysis, the development of critical perspectives, the provision, and use of empirical evidence and construction of policy.</p>https://ojs.umt.edu.pk/index.php/eer/article/view/2263Agricultural Exports and Environmental Quality in Developing Countries: A Panel Data Analysis2025-12-30T10:05:07+00:00Sheeza Ramzan Bhutta[email protected]Ayesha Ashraf[email protected]Mehvish Shafiq[email protected]<p>The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between<br>agricultural exports and environmental quality in developing countries<br>over the time period of 2002 to 2021. Using panel data regression analysis,<br>the study tested the impact of agricultural exports on ecological footprint<br>(EF) of cropland. Both, EF of cropland production and consumption were<br>used to investigate the Pollution Haven Hypothesis (PHH), Pollution Halo<br>Hypothesis, and the theory of ecological unequal exchange (EUE). The<br>results showed that agricultural exports significantly contribute to EF of<br>cropland in developing countries, providing the evidence in favor of PHH.<br>Furthermore, the study also found some evidence of ecological unequal<br>exchange since agricultural exports were observed to increase the EF of<br>cropland production, however, they did not affect the EF of consumption<br>in developing countries. The study highlighted the need for suitable<br>agricultural practices, eco-friendly policies, and international cooperation<br>to mitigate the environmental impacts of agricultural exports in<br>developing countries.</p>2025-12-30T00:00:00+00:00##submission.copyrightStatement##