A Study on the Environment, Trade, and Trade Policies with Factor Content Approach

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530246
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: JINJI Naoto 京都大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 教授 (60345452)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 要素含有分析 / 貿易と環境 / 温室効果ガス / 貿易政策

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we analyzed the issue of international trade and the environmental problems, including the trans-boundary pollution such as global warming, based on the factor content approach. This study employed both theoretical and empirical approaches. We found that there are certain relationships between individual firms’ globalization strategy such as export and their emission intensities. We also conducted theoretical analyses on various trade policies based on factor contents of goods and services, including the rules of origin (ROOs) in free trade agreements and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures, and showed the economic effects of those policies.

Free Research Field

国際経済学