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Intra-EU trade-embodied carbon emissions: Is there voting for dirty comparative advantages?

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I use voting outcomes from the European Parliament to construct a novel sector-specific measure for revealed environmental policy preferences for EU member states. Applying a theory-consistent structural gravity model on intra-EU carbon embodied in trade between 2000 and 2014, this study finds that binding multilateral environmental agreements successfully eliminate comparative advantages for emission intensive industries.

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  • Kaliske, Maren, 2023. "Intra-EU trade-embodied carbon emissions: Is there voting for dirty comparative advantages?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 231(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:231:y:2023:i:c:s0165176523003300
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111305
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    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F18 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Environment

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