TY - JOUR
T1 - The impacts of trade intensity with China on carbon emissions in belt and road countries
AU - Wu, Yan
AU - Chen, Chunlai
AU - Hu, Cong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This study uses country-level panel data covering 97 Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries for the period 2002–2017 and a dynamic panel system generalized method of moments model to investigate the impacts of trade intensity with China on per capita carbon emissions of BRI countries. The study finds that import intensity from China has reduced and export intensity to China has increased per capita carbon emissions of BRI countries. The findings are robust in using instrumental variables, explaining by energy intensity, and dividing the sample into different groups and different periods. Particularly, the absolute values of the coefficients of import intensity (-0.0071) and export intensity (0.0212) in resource-rich group are much higher than those in resource-poor group (-0.0046 and 0.0028), and the impacts are strengthened after 2013. Therefore, China should adjust trade relations with BRI countries to help them reduce carbon emissions while raising incomes under the context of BRI.
AB - This study uses country-level panel data covering 97 Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries for the period 2002–2017 and a dynamic panel system generalized method of moments model to investigate the impacts of trade intensity with China on per capita carbon emissions of BRI countries. The study finds that import intensity from China has reduced and export intensity to China has increased per capita carbon emissions of BRI countries. The findings are robust in using instrumental variables, explaining by energy intensity, and dividing the sample into different groups and different periods. Particularly, the absolute values of the coefficients of import intensity (-0.0071) and export intensity (0.0212) in resource-rich group are much higher than those in resource-poor group (-0.0046 and 0.0028), and the impacts are strengthened after 2013. Therefore, China should adjust trade relations with BRI countries to help them reduce carbon emissions while raising incomes under the context of BRI.
KW - China
KW - Trade intensity
KW - belt and road initiative
KW - dynamic panel system GMM model with instrumental variables
KW - per capita carbon emissions
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U2 - 10.1080/13547860.2021.1924601
DO - 10.1080/13547860.2021.1924601
M3 - Article
SN - 1354-7860
VL - 28
SP - 558
EP - 577
JO - Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy
JF - Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy
IS - 2
ER -