Climate Policy and Trade in Polluting Technologies

Shon Ferguson and Roweno J.R.K. Heijmans
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Roweno J.R.K. Heijmans: Department of Business and Management Science, NHH Norwegian School of Economics

No 1470, Working Paper Series from Research Institute of Industrial Economics

Abstract: This study estimates the impact of carbon pricing on international trade in equipment used in the combustion of fossil fuels during the period 1995–2021. Using detailed data on bilateral trade combined with data on domestic carbon prices, we find that carbon pricing policies are associated with greater exports of this equipment. We provide a simple model of international trade in polluting technologies that can explain this outcome. Our results provide new evidence for this unexplored form of leakage due to more stringent climate policies.

Keywords: Emissions pricing; Cap and trade; Carbon leakage; International trade in technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 F18 Q37 Q54 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2023-08-14
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