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Estimating Greenhouse Gas Footprints of Sectors for the Brazilian Economy 1995-2009

Silva Merico, Joao Murilo LU (2020) EKHS34 20201
Department of Economic History
Abstract
The estimation of a country’s greenhouse gas emissions has appropriately calculated the total
footprint of a nation. However, when such estimates are brought down to the level of each
economic activity, they do not reflect the total consumption pattern of a sector by not taking
intersectoral relationships into account. Therefore, this study has two major purposes: (1) to
estimate the greenhouse gas footprint of sectors in Brazil for the period 1995-2009; and (2) to
propose a quantification of the emissions embodied in the national intersectoral relations during
the same period. The empirical part of this study employed a Single-Region Input-Output (IO)
table for Brazil obtained from the World Input-Output Database (WIOD). The... (More)
The estimation of a country’s greenhouse gas emissions has appropriately calculated the total
footprint of a nation. However, when such estimates are brought down to the level of each
economic activity, they do not reflect the total consumption pattern of a sector by not taking
intersectoral relationships into account. Therefore, this study has two major purposes: (1) to
estimate the greenhouse gas footprint of sectors in Brazil for the period 1995-2009; and (2) to
propose a quantification of the emissions embodied in the national intersectoral relations during
the same period. The empirical part of this study employed a Single-Region Input-Output (IO)
table for Brazil obtained from the World Input-Output Database (WIOD). The results provide
a novel contribution by accounting, for the first time, the footprint of Brazilian sectors and by
proposing the classification of economic activities as net producers or net consumers of
emissions, which arises from the quantification of intersectoral relations. The results unveil a
different pattern of sectoral responsibility for pollution in Brazil. (Less)
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author
Silva Merico, Joao Murilo LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHS34 20201
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Footprint, Sectors, Input-Output analysis, Greenhouse gas emissions.
language
English
id
9027342
date added to LUP
2020-09-21 08:53:09
date last changed
2020-09-21 08:53:09
@misc{9027342,
  abstract     = {{The estimation of a country’s greenhouse gas emissions has appropriately calculated the total
footprint of a nation. However, when such estimates are brought down to the level of each
economic activity, they do not reflect the total consumption pattern of a sector by not taking
intersectoral relationships into account. Therefore, this study has two major purposes: (1) to
estimate the greenhouse gas footprint of sectors in Brazil for the period 1995-2009; and (2) to
propose a quantification of the emissions embodied in the national intersectoral relations during
the same period. The empirical part of this study employed a Single-Region Input-Output (IO)
table for Brazil obtained from the World Input-Output Database (WIOD). The results provide
a novel contribution by accounting, for the first time, the footprint of Brazilian sectors and by
proposing the classification of economic activities as net producers or net consumers of
emissions, which arises from the quantification of intersectoral relations. The results unveil a
different pattern of sectoral responsibility for pollution in Brazil.}},
  author       = {{Silva Merico, Joao Murilo}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Estimating Greenhouse Gas Footprints of Sectors for the Brazilian Economy 1995-2009}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}