DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136531
论文题名: Molecules of inefficiency: How tariffs impact carbon intensities, carbon dioxide emissions, and the environment
作者: Cary M.
刊名: Science of the Total Environment
ISSN: 489697
出版年: 2020
卷: 713 语种: 英语
英文关键词: Carbon intensity
; Carbon tariffs
; CO2
; Emissions
; Tariffs
Scopus关键词: Commerce
; Global warming
; Molecules
; Particulate emissions
; Sustainable development
; Carbon dioxide emissions
; Carbon intensity
; Carbon tariffs
; Environmental quality
; Market inefficiencies
; Policy decisions
; Tariffs
; Trade deficit
; Carbon dioxide
; fossil fuel
; carbon dioxide
; carbon emission
; environmental economics
; environmental quality
; tariff structure
; air pollution control
; Article
; carbon footprint
; climate change
; energy conservation
; environmental decision making
; environmental impact
; environmental policy
; priority journal
; renewable energy
英文摘要: The 45th presidential administration declared natural gas to be “molecules of freedom”, a perfunctory used for political gain. Additionally, this administration has also levied tariffs as a political tool designed to reduce trade deficits rather than promote sustainability. In this paper, we study the impact of tariffs on domestic carbon intensities and carbon dioxide emissions. We find that tariffs increase carbon intensities and do not have an effect on carbon dioxide emissions. Since tariffs also reduce output, we conclude that by implementing tariffs the second best problem is invoked and overall market inefficiency increases. Additionally, since carbon intensities rise and overall carbon dioxide emissions do not decline, regional concerns over environmental quality and health should be raised. The paper concludes with a discussion of how these results impact policy decisions pertaining to instruments for promoting sustainability. © 2020 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/158394
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作者单位: Division of Resource Economics and Management, West Virginia University, United States
Recommended Citation:
Cary M.. Molecules of inefficiency: How tariffs impact carbon intensities, carbon dioxide emissions, and the environment[J]. Science of the Total Environment,2020-01-01,713