Exploring carbon emissions and international inequality in a globalized world: A multiregional-multisectoral perspective
Exploring carbon emissions and international inequality in a globalized world: A multiregional-multisectoral perspective
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DOI：
10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104516
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发表时间：
2020-01-01
影响因子：
13.2
通讯作者：
Sanchez-Choliz, Julio
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作者：
Bolea, Lucia;Duarte, Rosa;Sanchez-Choliz, Julio
人们从不同的角度对经济趋同现象进行了研究，旨在分析各经济体是走向共同的增长道路，还是随着时间的推移趋于分化，以及这对经济凝聚力的影响。然而，这些后果的CO2排放量的全球收敛的研究中的CO2排放量的演变，并在污染，不平等和收入依赖方面的影响，在收敛的文献中得到较少的关注。经济日益全球化和供应链日益分散化意味着许多国家参与生产链，因此，需要对与这些过程相关的全球排放量有一个愿景。在本文中，我们使用多部门和多地区的角度提供了一个多地区的投入产出模型（MRIO），和相关的数据库，分析二氧化碳排放量的不平等的演变，注意到区域的特殊性和/或生产结构所发挥的作用。所提出的多区域、多区域和一体化组织模型和指标为评估各国和/或各部门在多大程度上正走向共同道路，或相反，随着时间的推移趋于更加不平等提供了依据。考虑到结构、最终需求和国际贸易在这些模型中所起的作用，我们可以为趋同问题提供一个新的结构视角。此外，MRIO模型还允许结合生产和消费的角度来分析这个问题，以及它们通过国际贸易的关系。此外，我们的文件试图阐明关于全球和区域排放过程的讨论，特别注意聚类分析和国家集团的共同趋势的存在。根据经验，使用了世界投入产出数据库最新版本和与该数据库兼容的环境账户提供的信息。我们认为，研究结果为环境压力方面的国际不平等问题提供了新的维度和见解，并就环境损害的重新定位、比较优势和环境足迹展开了新的辩论。
The phenomenon of economic convergence has been investigated from different perspectives, aiming to analyze whether economies move towards a common growth path or tend to diverge over time, and the consequences of this for economic cohesion. However, these consequences for the evolution of CO2 emissions in the study of global convergence of CO2 emissions, and the implications in terms of pollution, inequality, and income-dependence have received less attention in the literature of convergence. The increasing globalization of economies and the rising fragmentation of supply chains imply many countries involved in the production chains and, in consequence, a vision is needed of worldwide emissions associated with these processes. In this paper, we use the multisectoral and multiregional perspective provided by a multiregional input-output model (MRIO), and the associated databases, to analyze the evolution of inequality in CO2 emissions, paying attention to the roles played by regional specificities and/or productive structures. MRIO models and indicators presented, provide the basis to assess to what extent countries and/or sectors are walking towards a common path or, on the contrary, tend to be more unequal over time. Given the role that structure, final demands and international trade play in these models, we can offer a novel structural view of the convergence issue. Moreover, MRIO models also allow analyzing this question combining the perspectives of production and consumption, and their relationship through international trade. Moreover, our paper attempts to shed light on the discussion about the global and regional process of generation of emissions, paying special attention to cluster analysis and to the existence of common trends by groups of countries. Empirically, the information provided by the most recent edition of the World Input-Output Database (WIOD) and environmental accounts compatible with this database, is used. In our view, the results contribute new dimensions and insights to the issue of international inequality in terms of environmental pressures and opens new debates on the relocation of environmental damage, comparative advantage, and the environmental footprint.