Seminar in International Economics: Services Trade Opening and Manufacturing Environmental Performance
The Competence Centre for International Economics Research (FIW) kindly invites to participate in the Seminar in International Economics on the topic
Services Trade Opening and Manufacturing Environmental Performance
Does trade opening in the services sector improve the environmental performance of manufacturing sectors that intensively use services in their production process? The main channel through which this can occur is through improved access to technology that enables lower emissions, such as when access to high-quality engineering services allows adopting renewable technologies. In a sample of 49 countries and 17 manufacturing industries between 2014 and 2018, we show a positive impact of upstream services trade opening on downstream manufacturing emission intensity in production, and we quantify the counterfactual effect of further liberalization. Authors: Cosimo BEVERELLI, Matteo FIORINI, Enxhi TRESA.
Registration: This is an online event – please register here
Language: English
Speaker: Cosimo Beverelli is tenure track researcher in the economics department of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, which he joined in 2023, and Global Economics Programme Associate in the Global Governance Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute. Between 2009 and 2023, he worked as research economist in the Economics Research and Statistics Division of the World Trade Organization and held teaching positions at the University of Geneva and at the World Trade Institute, Bern, and a Jean Monnet Fellowship at the Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute in 2018-2019. He received his PhD in international economics form the Graduate Institute, Geneva, in 2009. His current research interests mostly focus on the health and environmental impacts of trade policy.
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This event is co-organised with the European University Institute (EUI) and the Research Centre International Economics (FIW). The seminar provides a forum for presentation and discussion of recent academic research in the field of international economics.
The event will be recorded.
