Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/316840 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 11726
Publisher: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
Addressing climate change requires green technology deployment. This paper uses firm-level import data in 35 emerging markets to examine how trade policies affect firms' imports of products associated with solar, wind power, and electric vehicle value chains. Panel estimates show a particularly negative effect of tariffs on green value chain imports compared to average imports, especially in solar and downstream segments. This effect is pervasive from import values and quantities to import probabilities, with undiversified firms most affected. Import regulations have smaller, varied impacts. Emerging markets should avoid protectionist policies, as local firms depend on imports to adopt green technologies.
Subjects: 
imports
green value chains
trade policy
tariffs
non-tariff measures
firm-level imports
decarbonization value chains
green technology adoption
trade and environment
green technologies
JEL: 
F13
F14
L11
O19
Document Type: 
Working Paper
Appears in Collections:

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.