Impact of the Emission Trading System on the international competitiveness

本研究通过产业和产品水平评估，分析了日本产业的国际竞争力和碳强度。我们的研究结果表明，减轻日本企业失去国际竞争力风险的最佳方法可能是采取拍卖排放配额的措施，原则上，同时向失去国际竞争力风险较高的行业和产品免费提供排放配额。

This research analyzes international competitiveness and carbon intensities of Japanese industries through industry and product level assessment. Our findings suggest that the best way to mitigate the risks of Japanese corporations losing international competitiveness might be to adopt a measure that auctions emission allowances, in principle, while offering them free of charge to industries and products that have higher risk of losing international competitiveness, according to the assessment using benchmarkmethod.