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The Impact of the EU CBAM on Thai Exporting Firms: Analysis of Firm-level Data

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  • Talatchanant Tontiwachwutthikul
  • Kannika Thampanishvong
  • Kanis Saengchote
  • Krislert Samphantharak
  • Jirayu Chandrasakha

Abstract

To mitigate the risk of carbon leakage, the European Union (EU) introduced the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to impose a fair price on the carbon emissions associated with the production of carbon-intensive goods imported into the EU, thereby encouraging cleaner industrial production. This paper combines firm-level exporting activity data and financial data in a difference-in-differences regression framework to examine the impact that the CBAM policy announcement and implementation have on Thai exporting firms. We find that the announcement of the CBAM negatively affected Thai firms' ability to export impacted goods to the EU, and these adverse effects intensified following the CBAM implementation. Treated firms’ total export revenue decreased relative to the control group and were only able to partially mitigate the impact of this shock by increasing exports of non-CBAM goods to countries outside of the EU.

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  • Talatchanant Tontiwachwutthikul & Kannika Thampanishvong & Kanis Saengchote & Krislert Samphantharak & Jirayu Chandrasakha, 2025. "The Impact of the EU CBAM on Thai Exporting Firms: Analysis of Firm-level Data," PIER Discussion Papers 243, Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:pui:dpaper:243
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    JEL classification:

    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • 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

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