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Firm Productivity and Carbon Leakage: A Study of Swedish Manufacturing Firms

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  • Ferguson, Shon

    (Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN))

  • Sanctuary, Mark

    (Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics)

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This paper examines the intensive and extensive margins of carbon leakage. The analysis uses an increase in the Swedish electricity price to identify the impact on imports at the firm and product level. Our model of heterogenous firms predicts that higher domestic electricity prices lead firms to substitute towards imports of electricity-intense products.

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  • Ferguson, Shon & Sanctuary, Mark, 2014. "Firm Productivity and Carbon Leakage: A Study of Swedish Manufacturing Firms," Working Paper Series 1035, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:iuiwop:1035
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    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • F18 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Environment

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