Accounting and Responsibility Allocation on Carbon Emissions Embodied in International Trade
This paper calculated the scale of carbon emissions embodied in the import and export of the world's major countries based on input-output principles and international trade data, as well as data on various countries'carbon emissions in 2005 from domestic consumption and emissions embodied in trade....
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Published in | China economist (Beijing, China) Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 50 - 59 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Beijing
Institute of Industrial Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
01.03.2012
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Summary: | This paper calculated the scale of carbon emissions embodied in the import and export of the world's major countries based on input-output principles and international trade data, as well as data on various countries'carbon emissions in 2005 from domestic consumption and emissions embodied in trade. The results illustrate that, because of international trade, consumers in developed countries should bear the responsibility for a large portion of CO2 emissions. The researchers separated the net transfer balance of embodied emissions in international trade according to four different effects: size effect, exchange rate effect, structural effect, and pure technical effect, all of which favor the sharing of responsibilities between producers and consumers. |
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Bibliography: | embodied carbon emissions, international trade, net transfer, Logarithmic an Divisia Index (LMDI)JEL: Q48 Wang Wenju and Xiang Qifeng i Economics School Capital University of Economics andBusiness, Beij'ing, China 2 Statistics and Mathematics School, Yunnan University of Finance andEconomics, Kunming, China This paper calculated the scale of carbon emissions embodied in the import and export of the world's major countries based on input-output principles and international trade data, as well as data on various countries'carbon emissions in 2005 from domestic consumption and emissions embodied in trade. The results illustrate that, because of international trade, consumers in developed countries should bear the responsibility for a large portion of CO2 emissions. The researchers separated the net transfer balance of embodied emissions in international trade according to four different effects: size effect, exchange rate effect, structural effect, and pure technical effect, all of which favor the sharing of responsibilities between producers and consumers. 11-5578/F |
ISSN: | 1673-8837 |