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Carbon policy and the structure of global trade

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  • Christoph Böhringer

    (University of Oldenburg, Department of Economics)

  • Edward J. Balistreri

    (Colorado School of Mines, USA)

  • Thomas F. Rutherford

    (University of Wisconsin; USA)

Abstract

Alternative perspectives on the structure of international trade have important implications for the evaluation of climate policy. In this paper we assess climate policy in the context of three important alternative trade formulations. First is a Heckscher-Ohlin model based on trade in homogeneous products, which establishes the traditional neoclassical view on comparative advantage. Second is an Armington model based on regionally differentiated goods, which constitutes a popular specifcation for numerical simulations of trade policy. Third is a Melitz model based on monopolistic-competition and firm heterogeneity. This heterogeneous-firms framework is adopted in many contemporary theoretic and empirical investigations in international trade. As we show in this paper, the three alternative trade formulations have important implications for the assessment of climate policy with respect to competitive effects for energy-intensive production (and hence carbon leakage) as well as the transmission of policy burdens across countries.

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  • Christoph Böhringer & Edward J. Balistreri & Thomas F. Rutherford, 2015. "Carbon policy and the structure of global trade," Working Papers V-383-15, University of Oldenburg, Department of Economics, revised May 2015.
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    1. Balistreri, Edward J. & Hillberry, Russell H. & Rutherford, Thomas F., 2011. "Structural estimation and solution of international trade models with heterogeneous firms," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(2), pages 95-108, March.
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    Keywords

    Heterogeneous firms; carbon leakage; competitiveness;
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    JEL classification:

    • F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
    • F18 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Environment
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics

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