Journal article

Authors list: Huebler, Michael; Bukin, Eduard; Xi, Yuting

Publication year: 2022

Pages: 579-604

Journal: Environmental and Resource Economics

Volume number: 83

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 0924-6460

eISSN: 1573-1502

Open access status: Hybrid

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-022-00698-7

Publisher: Springer

Abstract: 
This article introduces a new econometric model that includes an innovative measure of intersectoral structural change. This model describes the structural convergence (or divergence) of sector share patterns across countries (from the North-South or global perspective) influenced by international trade. The econometric analysis applies panel data estimators with different types of fixed effects to the 2013 and 2016 releases of the World Input-Output Database, covering the periods 1995-2009 and 2000-2014. The results show that international trade mostly promotes structural convergence, which is enhanced by sectoral capital intensities. It seems, however, that in this millennium, structural divergence, also fostered by international trade, occurred in terms of the CO2 intensity of production.

Harvard Citation style: Huebler, M., Bukin, E. and Xi, Y. (2022) The Effects of International Trade on Structural Convergence and CO₂ Emissions, Environmental and Resource Economics, 83(3), pp. 579-604. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-022-00698-7

APA Citation style: Huebler, M., Bukin, E., & Xi, Y. (2022). The Effects of International Trade on Structural Convergence and CO₂ Emissions. Environmental and Resource Economics. 83(3), 579-604. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-022-00698-7