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The aggregate effect of policies that decrease or increase demand for emission allowances can go in the opposite direction of intertemporal or spatial carbon leakage.
“This can lead to both lower and higher emissions from within the waterbed, so the aggregate effect can go in the opposite direction of intertemporal or spatial carbon leakage16–18.”
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- Authors
- Zhang, Z., Guan, D., Wang, R., Meng, J., Zheng, H., Zhu, K., & Du, H.
- Affiliations
- Tianjin University (CN)
- University College London (GB)
- University of International Business and Economics (CN)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Corresponding author
- Guan, Dabo
- Meng, Jing
- Du, Huibin
- Venue
- Nature Climate Change
- Published
- 2020-09-07
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1096-1101
- ISSN
- 1758-678X (ISSN-L)
- 1758-6798
- OpenAlex
- W3083527438
- Cited by
- 235
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2026: 40 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 46 · 2023: 56 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 10.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Nature Climate Change (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (71974141, 71603179, 71690243, 41921005, 91846301, 71733002, 71834004, 71673198)
- National Key R&D Program of China
- British Academy (NAFR2180103)
- UK Natural Environment Research Council
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities in UIBE
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Keywords
- embodied emissions, multinational corporations, global supply chains, foreign direct investment, carbon footprint, carbon transfer, carbon intensity, climate policy, emission allocation
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