Estimating the effects of Kyoto on bilateraltrade flows using matching econometrics

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Many Kyoto countries fear a loss of competitiveness due to unilateral climate policyefforts; policymakers therefore call for carbon-related border tax adjustments. With thispaper we attempt to estimate the treatment effect of Kyoto commitment on bilateralexport flows using regression-adjusted differences-in-differences matching techniques.The gravity and international environmental agreement formation literatures provideguidelines for the choice of matching variables. We find that Kyoto countries' exportsare reduced by 13–14% due to Kyoto commitment. Trade effects are largest in energyintensive,homogeneous industries such as iron and steel, non-ferrous metals, organicand inorganic chemicals but also in machinery and equipment.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: ifo Working Paper ; No. 119

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Trade and Environment ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming ; Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
• Thema: Competitiveness ; Kyoto Protocol ; matching econometrics ; treatment effects ; Klimaschutz ; Umweltabkommen ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Außenwirtschaft ; Exportindustrie ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Gravitationsmodell ; Matching ; Schätzung ; Welt

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Aichele, Rahel ; Felbermayr, Gabriel J.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich
• (wo): Munich
• (wann): 2011

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• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/73788
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ