Misak G. Avetisyan
Department of Economics
258 Holden Hall
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409
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Institutional Affiliation: Texas Tech University
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NBER Working Papers and Publications
June 2011 | Trade and the Greenhouse Gas Emissions from International Freight Transport
with Anca D. Cristea, David Hummels, Laura Puzzello: w17117
We collect extensive data on worldwide trade by transportation mode and use this to provide detailed comparisons of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with output versus international transportation of traded goods. International transport is responsible for 33 percent of world-wide trade-related emissions, and over 75 percent of emissions for major manufacturing categories like machinery, electronics and transport equipment. US exports intensively make use of air cargo; as a result two-thirds of its export-related emissions are due to international transport, and US exports by themselves generate a third of transport emissions worldwide. Inclusion of transport dramatically changes the ranking of countries by emission intensity. US production emissions per dollar of exports are 1... Published: Cristea, Anca & Hummels, David & Puzzello, Laura & Avetisyan, Misak, 2013. "Trade and the greenhouse gas emissions from international freight transport," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 65(1), pages 153-173. citation courtesy of 
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