IInter-disciplinary study on the loss of the international competitiveness by the carbon constrain using the economic model

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25340135
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Environmental policy and social systems
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: ASUKA Jusen 東北大学, 東北アジア研究センター, 教授 (90291955)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 気候変動 / 炭素制約 / 国際競争力 / 国境税調整

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Concern on the loss of the international competitiveness of the private companies by climate policy was examined from the perspectives of economics, law, politics, and ethics. More concretely, partial equilibrium model are developed to analyze the economic impacts of carbon price on national income and private companies’ profits. Moreover, legal and political acceptability of the counter-measures such as border-tax adjustment was analyzed using the EU ETS as an example.

Free Research Field

環境政策