Trade in 'Virtual Carbon' : Empirical Results and Implications for Policy
The fact that developing countries do not have carbon emission caps under the Kyoto Protocol has led to the current interest in high-income countries in border taxes on the "virtual" carbon content of imports. The authors use Global Trade...
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okr-10986-199032021-04-23T14:03:52Z Trade in 'Virtual Carbon' : Empirical Results and Implications for Policy Atkinson, Giles Hamilton, Kirk Ruta, Giovanni Van Der Mensbrugghe, Dominique ABATEMENT ACID ACID RAIN ADJUSTMENT POLICIES AVERAGE TAX RATES BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BILATERAL TRADE CALCULATION CAPS CARBON CARBON BALANCE CARBON CONTENT CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON EMISSION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FLOWS CARBON INTENSITY CARBON INVENTORIES CARBON LEAKAGE CARBON PRICE CARBON REDUCTIONS CARBON TAX CARBON TAXES CARBONIZATION CHEMICALS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE PROBLEM CLIMATE POLICY CO CO2 COAL COST OF ABATEMENT CRUDE OIL DAMAGES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DOMESTIC CARBON DOMESTIC EMISSIONS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION DOMESTIC SOURCES ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC IMPACTS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES ELECTRICITY EMISSION INTENSITIES EMISSION INTENSITY EMISSION TRADING EMISSIONS DATA EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE EMISSIONS FROM PRODUCTION EMISSIONS INVENTORIES EMISSIONS LEAKAGE EMISSIONS REDUCTION ENERGY GOODS ENERGY POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL LAW EQUILIBRIUM EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPORTS FERROUS METALS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL TRANSFERS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL CONSUMPTION GDP GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GASES GROSS NATIONAL INCOME INCENTIVE EFFECTS INDUSTRIALIZATION INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAND-USE CHANGE LOWER PRICES The fact that developing countries do not have carbon emission caps under the Kyoto Protocol has led to the current interest in high-income countries in border taxes on the "virtual" carbon content of imports. The authors use Global Trade Analysis Project data and input-output analysis to estimate the flows of virtual carbon implicit in domestic production technologies and the pattern of international trade. The results present striking evidence on the wide variation in the carbon-intensiveness of trade across countries, with major developing countries being large net exporters of virtual carbon. The analysis suggests that tax rates of $50 per ton of virtual carbon could lead to very substantial effective tariff rates on the exports of the most carbon-intensive developing nations. 2014-09-02T14:57:02Z 2014-09-02T14:57:02Z 2010-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11704469/trade-virtual-carbon-empirical-results-implications-policy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19903 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 5194 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ABATEMENT ACID ACID RAIN ADJUSTMENT POLICIES AVERAGE TAX RATES BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BILATERAL TRADE CALCULATION CAPS CARBON CARBON BALANCE CARBON CONTENT CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON EMISSION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FLOWS CARBON INTENSITY CARBON INVENTORIES CARBON LEAKAGE CARBON PRICE CARBON REDUCTIONS CARBON TAX CARBON TAXES CARBONIZATION CHEMICALS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE PROBLEM CLIMATE POLICY CO CO2 COAL COST OF ABATEMENT CRUDE OIL DAMAGES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DOMESTIC CARBON DOMESTIC EMISSIONS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION DOMESTIC SOURCES ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC IMPACTS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES ELECTRICITY EMISSION INTENSITIES EMISSION INTENSITY EMISSION TRADING EMISSIONS DATA EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE EMISSIONS FROM PRODUCTION EMISSIONS INVENTORIES EMISSIONS LEAKAGE EMISSIONS REDUCTION ENERGY GOODS ENERGY POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL LAW EQUILIBRIUM EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPORTS FERROUS METALS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL TRANSFERS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL CONSUMPTION GDP GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GASES GROSS NATIONAL INCOME INCENTIVE EFFECTS INDUSTRIALIZATION INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAND-USE CHANGE LOWER PRICES |
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ABATEMENT ACID ACID RAIN ADJUSTMENT POLICIES AVERAGE TAX RATES BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BILATERAL TRADE CALCULATION CAPS CARBON CARBON BALANCE CARBON CONTENT CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON EMISSION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FLOWS CARBON INTENSITY CARBON INVENTORIES CARBON LEAKAGE CARBON PRICE CARBON REDUCTIONS CARBON TAX CARBON TAXES CARBONIZATION CHEMICALS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE PROBLEM CLIMATE POLICY CO CO2 COAL COST OF ABATEMENT CRUDE OIL DAMAGES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DOMESTIC CARBON DOMESTIC EMISSIONS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION DOMESTIC SOURCES ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC IMPACTS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES ELECTRICITY EMISSION INTENSITIES EMISSION INTENSITY EMISSION TRADING EMISSIONS DATA EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE EMISSIONS FROM PRODUCTION EMISSIONS INVENTORIES EMISSIONS LEAKAGE EMISSIONS REDUCTION ENERGY GOODS ENERGY POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL LAW EQUILIBRIUM EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPORTS FERROUS METALS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL TRANSFERS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL CONSUMPTION GDP GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GASES GROSS NATIONAL INCOME INCENTIVE EFFECTS INDUSTRIALIZATION INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAND-USE CHANGE LOWER PRICES Atkinson, Giles Hamilton, Kirk Ruta, Giovanni Van Der Mensbrugghe, Dominique Trade in 'Virtual Carbon' : Empirical Results and Implications for Policy |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 5194 |
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The fact that developing countries do
not have carbon emission caps under the Kyoto Protocol has
led to the current interest in high-income countries in
border taxes on the "virtual" carbon content of
imports. The authors use Global Trade Analysis Project data
and input-output analysis to estimate the flows of virtual
carbon implicit in domestic production technologies and the
pattern of international trade. The results present striking
evidence on the wide variation in the carbon-intensiveness
of trade across countries, with major developing countries
being large net exporters of virtual carbon. The analysis
suggests that tax rates of $50 per ton of virtual carbon
could lead to very substantial effective tariff rates on the
exports of the most carbon-intensive developing nations. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Atkinson, Giles Hamilton, Kirk Ruta, Giovanni Van Der Mensbrugghe, Dominique |
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Atkinson, Giles Hamilton, Kirk Ruta, Giovanni Van Der Mensbrugghe, Dominique |
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Atkinson, Giles |
title |
Trade in 'Virtual Carbon' : Empirical Results and Implications for Policy |
title_short |
Trade in 'Virtual Carbon' : Empirical Results and Implications for Policy |
title_full |
Trade in 'Virtual Carbon' : Empirical Results and Implications for Policy |
title_fullStr |
Trade in 'Virtual Carbon' : Empirical Results and Implications for Policy |
title_full_unstemmed |
Trade in 'Virtual Carbon' : Empirical Results and Implications for Policy |
title_sort |
trade in 'virtual carbon' : empirical results and implications for policy |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11704469/trade-virtual-carbon-empirical-results-implications-policy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19903 |
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