International Transmission of the Business Cycle and Environmental Policy

46 Pages Posted: 19 Dec 2017

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Barbara Annicchiarico

Roma Tre University - Department of Law

Francesca Diluiso

Bank of England

Date Written: December 18, 2017

Abstract

This paper presents a baseline dynamic general-equilibrium model of environmental policy for a two-country economy and studies the international transmission of several asymmetric shocks considering three different economy-wide greenhouse gases (GHG) emission regulations: (i) national cap-and-trade, (ii) carbon tax, and (iii) international cap-and-trade system allowing for cross-border allocation of emission permits. We find that international spillovers of shocks originated in one country are strongly influenced by the environmental regime put in place. We show that, while a national cap-and-trade system diminishes the international spillovers by dampening the response of the country hit by shocks, the cross-border reaction to supply-side shocks is found to be magnified under an international cap-and-trade system, while demand shocks are more intensively transmitted under a carbon tax. The pattern of trade and the underlying monetary regime influence the cross-border transmission channels interacting with the environmental policy adopted.

Keywords: Open Economy Macroeconomics, GHG Emission Control, Macroeconomic Dynamics

JEL Classification: F41, F42, E32, Q58

Suggested Citation

Annicchiarico, Barbara and Diluiso, Francesca, International Transmission of the Business Cycle and Environmental Policy (December 18, 2017). CEIS Working Paper No. 423, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3089914 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3089914

Barbara Annicchiarico (Contact Author)

Roma Tre University - Department of Law ( email )

Via Ostiense 163
Roma, RM 00154
Italy

Francesca Diluiso

Bank of England ( email )

Threadneedle St
London, EC2R 8AH
United Kingdom

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