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Title:
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CO2 emissions embodied in international trade: A multiregional Inputoutput model for Spain
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Author:
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Gemechu, Eskinder D.; Butnar, Isabela; Llop Llop, Maria; Sangwong, S.; Castells i Piqué, Francesc
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Other authors:
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Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia; Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Centre de Recerca en Economia Industrial i Economia Pública |
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Abstract:
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As a result of globalization and free trade agreements, international trade is
enormously growing and inevitably putting more pressure on the environment
over the last few decades. This has drawn the attention of both
environmentalist and economist in response to the ever growing concerns of
climate change and urgent need of international action for its mitigation. In this
work we aim at analyzing the implication of international trade in terms of CO2
between Spain and its important partners using a multi-regional input-output
(MRIO) model. A fully integrated 13 regions MRIO model is constructed to
examine the pollution responsibility of Spain both from production and
consumption perspectives. The empirical results show that Spain is a net
importer of CO2 emissions which is equivalent to 29% of its emission due to
production. Even though the leading partner with regard to import values are
countries such as Germany, France, Italy and Great Britain, the CO2 embodied
due to trade with China takes the largest share. This is mainly due to the
importation of energy intensive products from China coupled with Chinese
poor energy mix which is dominated by coal-power plant. The largest portion
(67%) of the global imported CO2 emissions is due to intermediate demand
requirements by production sectors. Products such as Motor vehicles,
chemicals, a variety of machineries and equipments, textile and leather
products, construction materials are the key imports that drive the emissions
due to their production in the respective exporting countries. Being at its peak
in 2005, the Construction sector is the most responsible activity behind both
domestic and imported emissions. |
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Publication date:
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2013 |
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Subject (UDC):
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339 - Comerç. Relacions econòmiques internacionals. Economia mundial. Màrqueting |
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Subject(s):
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Comerç internacional
Medi ambient -- Anàlisi d'impacte
Emissions atmosfèriques -- Espanya
Anhídrid carbònic |
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Rights:
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L'accés als continguts d'aquest document queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ |
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Pages:
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26 p. |
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Document type:
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Working Paper |
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Published by:
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Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia
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Collection:
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Documents de treball del Departament d'Economia;2013-16
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