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The Environmental Impacts of Trade Liberalization: A Quantitative Analysis for the United States Using TEAM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Jared Creason ,
Michael Fisher ,
Svetlana Semenova  and
Susan F. Stone
Jared Creason
Affiliation:
National Center for Environmental Economics at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C.
Michael Fisher
Affiliation:
Abt Associates in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Svetlana Semenova
Affiliation:
Abt Associates in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Susan F. Stone
Affiliation:
National Center for Environmental Economics at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C.
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Abstract

A highly disaggregated emissions factor model is presented. The model generates changes in emissions and resource use by state and 6-digit NAICS sector. Removal of all U.S. import restrictions is examined. Results for agriculture show that composition effects explain highly varied regional patterns of emission changes. Scale effects are also important for expanding sectors. Quantitative assessments such as this may prove useful in conducting full environmental reviews of U.S. trade agreements consistent with Executive Order 13141 and the Free Trade Act of 2002.

Keywords

tradeemissionsinput-outputresiduals
Type
Contributed Papers
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , April 2005 , pp. 90 - 103
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Copyright © 2005 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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