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What Influences the Cross-Border Air Pollutant Transfer in China–United States Trade: A Comparative Analysis Using the Extended IO-SDA Method

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  • Shichun Xu

    (Management School, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China)

  • Chang Gao

    (Management School, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China)

  • Yunfan Li

    (Management School, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China)

  • Xiaoxue Ma

    (Management School, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China)

  • Yifeng Zhou

    (Management School, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China)

  • Zhengxia He

    (Business School, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China)

  • Bin Zhao

    (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA)

  • Shuxiao Wang

    (State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

Abstract

This paper extends the IO-SDA (input–output and structural decomposition analysis) method to decompose the CBAPT (cross-border air pollutant transfer) into different effects, and reveals the status of CBAPT and analyzes influencing factors affecting the CBAPT in China–US trade by comparing China with the US in these factors. This study found that China was a net air pollutant exporter, and this indicates the air pollutants were transferred from the US into China through China–US trade. On the whole, the China energy intensity, China emission coefficient, and import scale effects decreased the CBAPT, whereas the export scale and US emission coefficient effects increased the CBAPT; the influences of export structure, US energy intensity, and import structure on CBAPT were uncertain. The sectoral distribution of effects on the CBAPT in China–US trade was unbalanced, which was mainly concentrated in heavy industry and transportation. The China energy intensity, China emission coefficient, and import scale effects inhibited sectoral CBAPT, and the export scale effect promoted this sectoral transfer. Other effects on the sectoral transfer were negligible. This paper provides some policy suggestions based on empirical results.

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  • Shichun Xu & Chang Gao & Yunfan Li & Xiaoxue Ma & Yifeng Zhou & Zhengxia He & Bin Zhao & Shuxiao Wang, 2019. "What Influences the Cross-Border Air Pollutant Transfer in China–United States Trade: A Comparative Analysis Using the Extended IO-SDA Method," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(22), pages 1-21, November.
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