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Fredrik NG Andersson. Photo.

Fredrik N G Andersson

Associate professor

Fredrik NG Andersson. Photo.

International trade and carbon emissions : The role of Chinese institutional and policy reforms

Author

  • Fredrik N G Andersson

Summary, in English

The carbon dioxide embodied in Chinese exports to developed countries increased rapidly from 1995 to 2008. We test the extent to which institutional reforms in China can explain this increase. We focus on five areas of reforms: trade liberalization, environmental institutions, legal and property rights, institutional risk and exchange rate policy. Our results show that trade liberalization, weak environmental institutions, exchange rate policy, and legal and property rights affect emissions. Our results also indicate that the lack of reform in the utilities sector is an important factor in the rapid increase in embodied emissions.

Department/s

  • Department of Economics

Publishing year

2018-01-01

Language

English

Pages

29-39

Publication/Series

Journal of Environmental Management

Volume

205

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Economics

Keywords

  • CO2 emissions
  • china
  • trade
  • carbon leakage
  • institutions
  • policy
  • reforms
  • CO2 emissions
  • trade
  • institutions
  • China
  • carbon leakage

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0301-4797