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 inChina economist (Beijing, China) Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 50 - 59
Main Authors Wenju, Wang, Qifeng, Xiang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Beijing Institute of Industrial Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 01.03.2012
Subjects
Carbon
Coal
Consumption
Energy consumption
Exports
Fixed assets
Foreign exchange rates
Fossil fuels
Industrialized nations
International trade
Natural gas
Principles
二氧化碳排放量
会计
分配
国际贸易
投入产出
消费者
责任
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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.
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