Carbon dioxide emissions and environmental pollution caused by international trade: empirical analysis using industry-level world data

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380346
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Tokai University (2014-2015); Kyushu Sangyo University (2013)
• Principal Investigator: Honma Satoshi 東海大学, 政治経済学部, 教授 (70368869)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YOSHIDA Yushi 滋賀大学, 経済学部, 教授 (40309737)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 環境と貿易 / 貿易に内在化した汚染 / 汚染逃避地仮説 / 汚染収束

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We analyzed impacts of international trade on CO2 emissions, by taking account of intermediate trade. The empirical results show that the change rate of the pollution terms of trade with respect to trade-induced CO2 emissions is negatively related to the growth rate of GDP per capita and the level of the initial PTT. These results support the pollution emission converges in the long-run. This slightly differs the pollution haven hypothesis that asserts that pollution-intensive industries move away from developed countries to developing countries.

Free Research Field

環境経済学