This paper empirically analyzes the impact of automation upon firms' carbon dioxide emissions (CO2 emissions) of China by using data for the period 1998-2009. Our research yields a few findings. First, we find that automation as measured by the robot density can reduce firms' CO2 emissions...

This paper studies the environmental consequences of firm’s participation in the global value chain, based on a unique firm-level dataset from 2000-2007 by combining several large and representative databases in China. We propose a novel GVC engagement index that properly characterizes Chinese...

This paper integrates two lines of research: trade in global value chains and embodied emissions into a unified conceptual framework. This allows both value-added and emissions to be systematically traced at the country, sector, and bilateral levels through various production network routes. By...

This paper provides an overhaul of the contribution of exports to industrial sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions in Chinese cities. My estimation strategy exploits the import demand shocks of export destination markets (net of their demand for Chinese products) as a plausibly exogenous source of...

This study integrates the new global value chain (GVC) accounting method that explicitly considers the difference in the production functions of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and domestically-owned firms into existing production- and consumption-based CO2 emissions measures. This enables us...