地点：气候变化与能源经济研究中心会议室

Paper1：王晓伟 THE ENVIRONMENTAL BIAS OF TRADE POLICY

摘要：This paper develops a theoretical framework to examine the influence of enterprise digitalization on corporate carbon emissions. Then it empirically measures the extent of digitalization in Chinese enterprises through their share of intermediate inputs to their value added from information and communication technologies. Data from the China Enterprise Tax Surveys and Inter-Country Input-Output Tables from 2007 to 2016 are used for the empirical analysis. It is noted that digitalization in enterprise manufacturing leads to an increase in corporate carbon emissions (CCE). The impact from the service sector, however, is not significant. The exacerbation of CCE is observed primarily among low-leverage enterprises, downstream industries, and firms located in relatively lower-income regions. In accordance with the theoretical model, it is observed that enterprise digitalization intensifies CCE by crowding out investment in environmentally friendly green production and by altering production patterns towards mass production. However, an efficient market mechanism effectively mitigates this exacerbation effect. The findings reveal the misalignment of enterprise digitalization transformation modes with long-term “low carbon” objectives, thereby exposing the need for appropriate policy interventions.

Paper2：孙泽 Exploring global embodied carbon emissions transfer network—An analysis based on national responsibility

摘要：This paper explores the global embodied carbon emissions transfer network. To clarify the carbon emissions reduction responsibilities of each country globally, a complex interdependent network structure based on the 2016 World Multi-Regional Input-Output (MRIO) table and the transfer of production factors between industries is constructed. Using input-output and social network analyses, the structural features of the global carbon emissions flow network is uncovered, and then carbon inequality among countries from a multi-regional perspective is revealed. The research findings show that the scale of global embodied carbon transfer expands continuously. The direction of transfer exhibits asymmetry, regionalism, and complexity. Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Iran, Ethiopia, and Iran are the main carbon-exporting countries, while the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Spain are the main carbon-importing countries. Furthermore, the block model analysis reveals that the carbon transfer and transmission effects between global regions tend to be centralized clusters, from “demand-driven” to “internalized supply-demand coexistence”. There is significant uneven exchange between wealth benefits and environmental burdens among blocks.