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Analyzing the carbon pricing-leakage nexus through structural gravity estimation

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  • Habibi, Arash

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Carbon emissions drive climate change, and failure to reduce these emissions could lead to disastrous consequences. Countries impose carbon pricing as an instrument to reduce carbon emissions. However, carbon leakage is a counteractive mechanism where countries with higher carbon emission prices may see their sectors outsource production to countries with lower prices or lose competitiveness and market share to foreign companies with lower production costs. This study confirms that fuel excise taxes are the leading channel of carbon leakage. Structural gravity estimates show that carbon pricing based on carbon taxes and emission trading schemes (ETS) does not cause carbon leakage, but fuel excise taxes and ETS exemptions have a significant impact. This finding is supported when looking at carbon prices in different sectors. Thus, policymakers should consider adjusting fuel excise taxes accordingly.

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  • Habibi, Arash, 2025. "Analyzing the carbon pricing-leakage nexus through structural gravity estimation," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:enepol:v:198:y:2025:i:c:s0301421524004312
    DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114411
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    Keywords

    Carbon border adjustment; Fuel excise tax; Carbon leakage; Structural gravity; Global value chains;
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    JEL classification:

    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F18 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Environment
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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