Trade and the environment, trade policies and environmental policies—How do they interact?

Gabriel Felbermayr, Sonja Peterson and Joschka Wanner

Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy from Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)

Abstract: While international trade can offer gains from specialization and access to a wider range of products, it is also closely interlinked with global environmental problems, above all, anthropogenic climate change. This survey provides a structured overview of the economic literature on the interaction between environmental outcomes, trade, environmental policy and trade policy. In this endeavor, it covers approaches reaching from descriptive data analysis based on input‐output tables, over quantitative trade models and econometric studies to game‐theoretic analyses. Addressed issues are in particular the emission content of trade and emissions along value chains, the relocation of dirty firms and environmental impacts abroad, impacts of specific trade policies (such as trade agreements or tariffs) or environmental policies (such as border carbon adjustment), transportation emissions, as well as the role of firms. Across the different topics covered, the paper also tries to identify avenues for future research, with a particular focus on extending quantitative trade and environment models.

Keywords: carbon border adjustment; carbon leakage; climate change; trade; trade policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F18 Q54 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1111/joes.12628

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