GVC participation and carbon emissions – A network analysis

Matthew Smith and Dimitris Christopoulos

Ecological Economics, 2025, vol. 228, issue C

Abstract: This paper draws on network analysis to examine the impact of Global Value Chain (GVC) embeddedness on carbon emissions from 2000 to 2014. A country network of value added is constructed, and a Temporal Network Autocorrelation Model (TNAM) is applied to examine the impact of network position in the GVC and emissions of network partners on the CO2 emissions of a country. The paper finds weak evidence of a positive impact of GVC participation on CO2 emissions. This paper does not find support for the EKC hypothesis. Additionally, the analysis examines the impact of the economic complexity level of a country on emissions and finds no significant relationship.

Keywords: Global value chains; Carbon emissions; Economic complexity index; Network analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108450

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