›› 2018, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (5): 64-75.

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Shared Responsibility and Estimation of CO2 Emission Embodied in the China-Japan Trade

Jin Jihong1, Ju Yiyi2   

  1. 1. Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051;
    2. Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601
  • Received:2016-09-14 Online:2018-05-28 Published:2018-05-29

Abstract:

this paper uses the World Input-Output Database (WIOD), Japan statistical yearbook and China energy statistical yearbook to set up the China-Japan non-competitive input-output model. When measuring the emission coefficient of goods imported through bilateral trade, this paper uses the original country's emission coefficient instead of using the importing country's as an estimate. After that, the undertakers of responsibility are distinguished according to the source of embodied emissions. It is found that the responsibility of produc-ers in China and the responsibility of consumers in Japan increased from 2002 to 2011. Emissions were transferred from Japan by impor-ting intermediate input materials with high carbon intensity from China. Policy suggestions are listed at the sector and enterprise level. Ja-pan's shared responsibility of China's emission could to some extent be performed by technology export, increasing green aid or invest-ment, and allowing Japanese enterprises in China to be included into China's domestic emission trading market system.

Key words: China-Japan trade, embodied CO2 emission, MRIO Model, shared responsibility principle