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Is pork trade good for China's greenhouse gas emissions? |
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| Authors: | Hongjun Tao Jeff Luckstead Liang Zhao Christopher G Davis |
| Institution: | 1. School of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China;2. Division of Agriculture and Bumpers College, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA;3. School of Economics, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China;4. Markets and Trade Economics Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, USA |
| Abstract: | China produces the largest amount of pork in the world, which emits the largest amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs). This paper calculates GHG emissions from China’s hog production at the provincial level using newly published emission factors. Empirical results show that GHG emissions from China’s hog production mainly respond to the scale intensity. Capital abundance and income contribute positively to GHG emissions from hog production. Pork trade increases GHG emissions from China’s hog production with a significantly direct effect, reduces GHG emissions through indirect technique effects. |
| Keywords: | China’s pork trade greenhouse gas emissions scale composition and technique effect free trade |
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