Trade in 'virtual carbon': Empirical results and implications for policy

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 563-574

  Atkinson, Giles ^a   Hamilton, Kirk ^b   Ruta, Giovanni ^a,b   Van Der Mensbrugghe, Dominique ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; International trade; Virtual (embodied) carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; KYOTO PROTOCOL;

CHINA; INDIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79956279325     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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