CO2 embodied in trade: trends and fossil fuel drivers.

摘要: The amount of CO2 embodied in trade has substantially increased over the last decades. We contribute to understanding reasons for this evolution by studying trends and some drivers carbon intensity period 1995-2009 41 countries 35 sectors. Our empirical analysis relies on World Input-Output Database (WIOD) compute emissions. main findings are following. First, average emission traded goods is higher than final demand. Second, relatively "dirty" tend specialize emission-intensive Third, share produced rising. Finally, we find that coal abundance (measured as fuel rent controlling reverse causality) leads both a specialization sectors an increase emissions per output when sector structure, which amounts fossil endowment effect. These suggest liberalization may global therefore highlight importance considering designing reduction strategies.