Journal of Applied Economic Research
ISSN 2712-7435
Economic Assessment of the Consequences of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Introduction for the Regional Industrial Complex (on the Example of the Sverdlovsk Region)
Natalia V. Starodubets 1, Yulia O. Grishchenko1, Irina S. Belik1, Natalia L. Nikulina 2
1 Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin
2 Institute of Economics, The Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Abstract
Concern about the problem of anthropogenic climate change has led to the active development of various tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. One such tool to combat carbon leakage is the carbon border adjustment mechanism, which was adopted by the European Union in 2021. Starting in 2026, carbon payments will affect all exporters of carbon-intensive products to the EU. The purpose of the article is an economic assessment of the consequences of the introduction of the carbon border adjustment mechanism for the regional industrial complex by studying the case of the Sverdlovsk region. The hypothesis of the study is to substantiate the need to take into account the economic losses of enterprises from carbon regulation measures in the formation of regional and country strategies for low-carbon development. An overview of carbon regulation tools is made, and the place of the carbon border adjustment mechanism is shown. A detailed description of the calculation procedure is given. An economic assessment of potential losses for enterprises of the Sverdlovsk region from the introduction of transboundary carbon regulation was carried out according to three scenarios for determining the carbon intensity of products: by actual values (scenario 1); according to average Russian values (scenario 2); according to the worst 10% EU installations (scenario 3). The results showed that annual payments for the enterprises of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Sverdlovsk</st1:city></st1:place> region would amount to 73.7 million euros (scenario 1), 95.4 million euros (scenario 2), 73.0 million euros (scenario 3). In the current situation, scenario 2 is the most probable, in which the most progressive enterprises in terms of applied technologies would suffer the maximum losses. To minimize payments, it is proposed to introduce a methodology for accounting for greenhouse gas emissions in the context of manufactured products, develop in-country tools for carbon regulation, and stimulate the introduction of low-carbon technologies. The tools proposed by the authors can be used by employees of enterprises to assess the expected costs of introducing carbon regulation. Also, the toolkit can be used by regional decision makers to assess the losses of the region's budget and changes in the structure of exports due to transboundary carbon regulation, and to justify financial support measures for enterprises.
Keywords
carbon border adjustment mechanism; carbon intensity of products; accounting for greenhouse gas emissions; carbon regulation tools; low-carbon technologies; greenhouse gas emissions in metallurgy.
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Acknowledgements
We express our gratitude to the RSF and the Government of the Sverdlovsk Region: this research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation and Government of Sverdlovsk Region, Joint Grant No. 22-28-20453 «An integrated approach to the processes of decarbonization of the economy: the formation of a regional policy», rscf.ru/project/22-28-20453/.
About Authors
Natalia Vladimirovna Starodubets
Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Economic Safety of Industrial Complexes, School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Ekaterinburg, Russia (620002, Ekaterinburg, Mira street, 19); ORCID 0000-0001-8687-2050; e-mail: n.v.starodubets@gmail.com.
Yulia Olegovna Grishchenko
Student, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Ekaterinburg, Russia (620002, Ekaterinburg, Mira street, 19); ORCID 0000-0001-5151-8748; e-mail: gruliya99@mail.ru.
Irina Stepanovna Belik
Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Department of Economic Safety of Industrial Complexes, School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Ekaterinburg, Russia (620002, Ekaterinburg, Mira street, 19); ORCID 0000-0001-7405-3226; e-mail: irinabelik2010@mail.ru.
Natalia Leonidovna Nikulina
Candidate of Economic Sciences, Senior Researcher, Institute of Economics, The Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia (620014, Ekaterinburg, Moskovskaya street, 29); ORCID 0000-0002-6882-3172; e-mail: nikulina.nl@uiec.ru.
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Starodubets N.V., Grishchenko Yu.O., Belik I.S., Nikulina N.L. Economic Assessment of the Consequences of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Introduction for the Regional Industrial Complex (on the Example of the Sverdlovsk Region). Journal of Applied Economic Research, 2022, Vol. 21, No. 4, 708-733. DOI: 10.15826/vestnik.2022.21.4.025.
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Received July 9, 2022; Revised September 12, 2022; Accepted October 10, 2022.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15826/vestnik.2022.21.4.025
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