Kyoto and the carbon content of trade

Arbeitspapier

A unilateral tax on CO2 emissions may drive up indirect carbon imports from non-committed countries, leading to carbon leakage. Using a gravity model of carbon trade, we analyze the effect of the Kyoto Protocol on the carbon content of bilateral trade. We construct a novel data set of CO2 emissions embodied in bilateral trade flows. Its panel structure allows dealing with endogenous selection of countries into the Protocol. We find strong statistical evidence for Kyoto commitments to affect carbon trade. On average, the Kyoto protocol led to substantial carbon leakage but its total effect on carbon trade was only minor.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: FZID Discussion Paper ; No. 10-2010

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: Carbon leakage ; gravity model ; international trade ; climate change ; embodied emission ; input-output analysis ; Ökosteuer ; Kohlendioxid ; Emissionshandel ; Außenhandel ; Klimaschutz ; Gravitationsmodell ; Input-Output ; Theorie ; Welt

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Aichele, Rahel ; Felbermayr, Gabriel
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Universität Hohenheim, Forschungszentrum Innovation und Dienstleistung (FZID)
• (wo): Stuttgart
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/30018
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-4178
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ