TY - JOUR
T1 - Trade and the greenhouse gas emissions from international freight transport
AU - Cristea, Anca
AU - Hummels, David
AU - Puzzello, Laura
AU - Avetisyan, Misak
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the OECD for funding, Ron Steenblik for suggesting and encouraging the work. We also thank Bruce Blonigen, Tim Cason, Lata Gangadharan, Tom Hertel, Pete Minor, Paul Raschky, Christis Tombazos, Terrie Walmsley, and seminar participants at the University of New South Wales, University of Melbourne, University of Adelaide, Australian National University, ASSA meetings 2011, International Workshop on Current Issues in CGE Analysis, Midwest International Trade Fall Meeting 2011, Conference on Globalization, Strategies and Effects 2011, Econometric Society Australasian Meeting 2011, European Trade Study Group Conference 2011, and the Empirical Investigations in Trade and Investment 2012 for suggestions and help.
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - We collect extensive data on worldwide trade by transportation mode and use this to provide detailed comparisons of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with output versus international transportation of traded goods. International transport is responsible for 33 percent of world-wide trade-related emissions, and over 75 percent of emissions for major manufacturing categories. Including transport dramatically changes the ranking of countries by emissions per dollar of trade. We systematically investigate whether trade inclusive of transport can lower emissions. In one quarter of cases, the difference in output emissions is more than enough to compensate for the emissions cost of transport. Finally, we examine how likely patterns of global trade growth will affect modal use and emissions. Full liberalization of tariffs and GDP growth concentrated in China and India lead to transport emissions growing much faster than the value of trade, due to trade shifting toward distant trading partners.
AB - We collect extensive data on worldwide trade by transportation mode and use this to provide detailed comparisons of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with output versus international transportation of traded goods. International transport is responsible for 33 percent of world-wide trade-related emissions, and over 75 percent of emissions for major manufacturing categories. Including transport dramatically changes the ranking of countries by emissions per dollar of trade. We systematically investigate whether trade inclusive of transport can lower emissions. In one quarter of cases, the difference in output emissions is more than enough to compensate for the emissions cost of transport. Finally, we examine how likely patterns of global trade growth will affect modal use and emissions. Full liberalization of tariffs and GDP growth concentrated in China and India lead to transport emissions growing much faster than the value of trade, due to trade shifting toward distant trading partners.
KW - Greenhouse gas emissions
KW - International trade by transport mode
KW - International transport emissions
KW - World trade growth
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jeem.2012.06.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jeem.2012.06.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84872264536
VL - 65
SP - 153
EP - 173
JO - Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
SN - 0095-0696
IS - 1
ER -