Carbon Leakage and the EU Emissions Trading System
(2023) NEKH02 20222Department of Economics
- Abstract
- This essay investigates carbon leakage in connection to the EU Emissions Trading System. That is, the act of companies moving their emissions from the EU to areas with laxer environmental standards, in order to avoid compliance costs associated with the implementation of emissions trading. The investigated time period is between 2005-2020. A regression model was created, regressing total country emissions on imports, GDP per capita, population size, point in time and EU-membership. The results are inconclusive and thus give no answer to whether carbon leakage from the EU has been present within the given time frame. Further research is needed, and could for instance target specific phases of the EU ETS or compare analyses from before and... (More)
- This essay investigates carbon leakage in connection to the EU Emissions Trading System. That is, the act of companies moving their emissions from the EU to areas with laxer environmental standards, in order to avoid compliance costs associated with the implementation of emissions trading. The investigated time period is between 2005-2020. A regression model was created, regressing total country emissions on imports, GDP per capita, population size, point in time and EU-membership. The results are inconclusive and thus give no answer to whether carbon leakage from the EU has been present within the given time frame. Further research is needed, and could for instance target specific phases of the EU ETS or compare analyses from before and after higher regulation levels were implemented. (Less)
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- author
- Kindmark, Ingeborg LU
- supervisor
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- Maria Persson LU
- Albert Duodu LU
- organization
- course
- NEKH02 20222
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Carbon leakage, EU Emissions Trading System, environmental economics
- language
- English
- id
- 9111486
- date added to LUP
- 2023-05-29 12:02:20
- date last changed
- 2023-05-29 12:02:20
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abstract = {{This essay investigates carbon leakage in connection to the EU Emissions Trading System. That is, the act of companies moving their emissions from the EU to areas with laxer environmental standards, in order to avoid compliance costs associated with the implementation of emissions trading. The investigated time period is between 2005-2020. A regression model was created, regressing total country emissions on imports, GDP per capita, population size, point in time and EU-membership. The results are inconclusive and thus give no answer to whether carbon leakage from the EU has been present within the given time frame. Further research is needed, and could for instance target specific phases of the EU ETS or compare analyses from before and after higher regulation levels were implemented.}},
author = {{Kindmark, Ingeborg}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Carbon Leakage and the EU Emissions Trading System}},
year = {{2023}},
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