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We study how trade policy can reduce global emissions. Unilateral carbon border taxes have limited efficacy at cutting foreign emissions. By contrast, coordinated trade penalties under a climate club prove highly effective. buff.ly/NEE3Uy8
Our paper is officially out 🎉
We argue that climate clubs show promise:
- A climate club with coordinated penalties could curb 68% of excess emissions from free-riding
-Unilateral carbon tariffs? Not nearly as effective
I am late to this as I check here infrequently... Thank you very much for having me and sharing the photo+summary here!
"The terrible Jewish experience of persecution and mass killing in the past should give Israel a horror of inflicting the same things on other peoples." Lord Sumption, a former justice of the Supreme Court of the UK.
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For more details, see the tab "Tools and insights from ..." here:
www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/summer-sc...
... where you can also have access the papers we will discuss – that are largely based on my collaborations with @lashkaripour.bsky.social and Heitor Pellegrina
(6/6)
@pse.bsky.social
4) Lastly, we will discuss trade and agricultural technology adoption, highlighting the importance of trade in intermediate inputs for agricultural productivity and its implications for development and environment. (5/6)
3) Next, we extend our framework to incorporate dynamics of land use and examine how changes in trade barriers, such as tariff liberalization in agriculture, impact deforestation around the world. (4/6)
2) We then apply variations of this framework to examine how governments can use trade policy tools to achieve climate-related goals. We particularly discuss institutional designs based on Climate Clubs + Integrating carbon policies into the global trade system. (3/6)
1) We first review a model of international trade that incorporates global supply chains of carbon + government policies such as carbon pricing and import tariffs. (2/6)
For PhD students and scholars interested in joining:
I will take part in teaching International Trade and the Environment at #PSESummerSchool (June 9-12).
www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/summer-sc...
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Looks amazing!! I will read it enthusiastically and definitely share it with my students.
We just posted a paper about the current tariffs.
bsky.app/profile/lash...
Starting to think that we should sort out a general agreement on trade and tariffs, perhaps housed under some sort of world trade organization. Let's keep the region strong with some kind of of north american free trade agreement. Perhaps a trans pacific partnership could soften China's influence.
What if you were a farmer who didn't vote for Trump?
I am very sympathetic with your view.
Seems, however, that many scientists (in econ, climate change, health, etc.) have chosen political leaning over measures of objectivity.
And my pessimistic side asks what if both ways fail? I just wonder whether there can be a third way
I agree. Particularly his Tariff War Dashboard makes it very accessible.
I feel like I have only one ticket to make political statements as a teacher. Using it means I’ve taken a side politically, so I’ll lose my credibility as an objective academic. But if I never use that ticket, then what is it good for?
My undergrad students are asking for material on current tariffs. The issue is most of what I’ve found includes bold political commentary, so I don’t feel comfortable sharing it with my class. I’m wondering how best to approach this in my class: Stay objective/academic or just call them stupid.