Trade Liberalization and Pollution: An Input–Output Study of Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Mexico
| Autor: | Lewis R. Gale |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
Consumption (economics)
Pollution Economics and Econometrics Liberalization Natural resource economics business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Tariff International trade chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Quantitative analysis (finance) Carbon dioxide Economics Production (economics) business Free trade media_common |
| Zdroj: | Economic Systems Research. 7:309-320 |
| ISSN: | 1469-5758 0953-5314 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09535319500000026 |
| Popis: | This paper examines the environmental effects associated with Mexico's participation in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The objective is to provide quantitative estimates of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from changes in the level and structure of production and consumption activity in Mexico following a liberalization of trade. The quantitative analysis was performed using input–output methods with fuel use modifications to account for CO2 emissions before and after NAFTA's implementation. As a result of NAFTA, CO2 emissions are expected to increase from the anticipated increase in the size of the Mexican economy. While total emissions increase as a result of tariff elimination, there is also a shift in the structure of production and final consumption away from those sectors that are the most C02 intensive. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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