Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/307692 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
Policy Notes and Reports No. 86
Publisher: 
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Vienna
Abstract: 
We summarise the results of our study employing a quantitative trade model to assess the implications of the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) on trade flows, welfare, real wages and CO2 emissions. Specifically, the general equilibrium effects of the introduction of a tariff on carbon-intensive products on European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) members and nonmembers are assessed. For the EU, we find an increase in the terms of trade and consequently small positive welfare effects, whereas there are tiny negative effects on real wages. Non-EU countries face a decline in the terms of trade and a small welfare loss as well as marginally declining real wages. Global CO2 emissions are marginally reduced, although they minimally increase in the EU due to specialisation effects.
Subjects: 
New Quantitative Trade Model
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
trade policy welfare
CO2 emissions
JEL: 
F11
F13
F14
F18
Q56
Document Type: 
Research Report

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