Global value chain and export-embodied carbon emissions: New evidence from foreign-invested enterprises

Yunfeng Yan, Xiyuan Li, Ran Wang and An Pan

Economic Modelling, 2023, vol. 127, issue C

Abstract: Based on a new accounting and decomposition framework for the carbon emissions of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs), this study analyzed the global value chain (GVC) characteristics of FIEs’ export-embodied carbon emissions and empirically examined the impact of GVC linkages on FIEs’ export-embodied carbon emissions. Panel data covering 59 economies from 2005 to 2016 were used. The results showed that export-embodied carbon emissions accounted for approximately 40% of FIEs’ emissions, and most were related to intermediate product trade, especially simple GVC activities. The empirical analysis indicated that GVC linkages between host and importing countries positively affected FIEs’ export-embodied carbon emissions, and that the positive effect was heterogeneous in different trade patterns and GVC activities. The mechanism analysis suggested that GVC linkages increased FIEs’ export-embodied carbon emissions due to export scale and carbon composition effects. This new evidence highlights the importance of FIEs in constructing green GVC.

Keywords: Foreign-invested enterprises; Global value chain; Export-embodied carbon emissions; Gravity model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106449

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