Per capita CO<inf>2</inf> emissions divergence influenced by bilateral trade with china under the belt and road initiative

Wu, Y; Shi, X; Hu, C

Per capita CO<inf>2</inf> emissions divergence influenced by bilateral trade with china under the belt and road initiative

Wu, Y Shi, X

Hu, C

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Citation:: Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2021, 27, pp. 1589-1601
Issue Date:: 2021-07-01

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dc.contributor.author	Wu, Y
dc.contributor.author	Shi, X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9653-7395
dc.contributor.author	Hu, C
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-22T21:41:13Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-22T21:41:13Z
dc.date.issued	2021-07-01
dc.identifier.citation	Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2021, 27, pp. 1589-1601
dc.identifier.issn	2352-5509
dc.identifier.issn	2352-5509
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/151785
dc.description.abstract	This paper is an empirical study of per capita CO2 emissions divergence. Trade intensity reflects the strength of bilateral trade relations between China and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries. Using panel data covering 97 of the BRI countries from 2002 to 2017 and employing the dynamic panel system generalized method of moments (GMM) model with additional instrumental variables of remoteness and the Shapley value decomposition technique, this study has three main findings. First, the import intensity from China tends to restrain per capita CO2 emissions, but the export intensity to China tends to promote per capita CO2 emissions of BRI countries. Second, the Gini coefficient of per capita CO2 emissions continually decreases, representing a gradually weakened divergence. Third, from 2009 the impact of import intensity from China on the divergence changed from increasing CO2 emissions to restraining them. However, export intensity to China has continually promoted the divergence among the BRI countries, with the impact being largest in 2016. The results suggest that China should adjust the sources of its energy imports and the destinations of its exports, and develop green trade cooperation with the BRI countries to jointly tackle climate change.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	ELSEVIER
dc.relation.ispartof	Sustainable Production and Consumption
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.spc.2021.04.005
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	0502 Environmental Science and Management, 1402 Applied Economics, 1604 Human Geography
dc.title	Per capita CO<inf>2</inf> emissions divergence influenced by bilateral trade with china under the belt and road initiative
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	27
utslib.for	0502 Environmental Science and Management
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics
utslib.for	1604 Human Geography
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)/Australia-China Relations Institute
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dc.date.updated	2021-11-22T21:41:12Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	27

Abstract:

This paper is an empirical study of per capita CO2 emissions divergence. Trade intensity reflects the strength of bilateral trade relations between China and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries. Using panel data covering 97 of the BRI countries from 2002 to 2017 and employing the dynamic panel system generalized method of moments (GMM) model with additional instrumental variables of remoteness and the Shapley value decomposition technique, this study has three main findings. First, the import intensity from China tends to restrain per capita CO2 emissions, but the export intensity to China tends to promote per capita CO2 emissions of BRI countries. Second, the Gini coefficient of per capita CO2 emissions continually decreases, representing a gradually weakened divergence. Third, from 2009 the impact of import intensity from China on the divergence changed from increasing CO2 emissions to restraining them. However, export intensity to China has continually promoted the divergence among the BRI countries, with the impact being largest in 2016. The results suggest that China should adjust the sources of its energy imports and the destinations of its exports, and develop green trade cooperation with the BRI countries to jointly tackle climate change.

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