High Tariffs, High Stakes. The Policy Drivers behind Firm-Level Adoption of Green Technologies
04 March 2025 4:00 pm CET
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Venue
online (Zoom webinar)
Description
This seminar investigates the role of trade policy in firms’ adoption of green technologies by analysing firm-level import transaction data from 35 emerging markets. It explores how tariffs and non-tariff measures (NTMs) impact imports of key products in solar photovoltaic, wind power, and electric vehicle value chains. The findings reveal that tariffs significantly reduce firms’ green technology imports, particularly affecting downstream segments and smaller firms, while NTMs have more varied effects. The study offers important policy insights, advocating for open trade policies in emerging markets to facilitate green technology diffusion and support climate goals.
This event is co-organised with the European University Institute (EUI) and the Research Centre International Economics (FIW). The seminar provides a forum for presentation and discussion of recent academic research in the field of international economics.
The event will be recorded.
Registration
This is an online event – please register here
Speaker
Samuel Rosenow (IFC) is a trade economist specializing in the green transition, based in Mexico City with the International Finance Corporation (IFC). He conducts applied research on private sector opportunities in Latin America, focusing on the World Bank’s Country Private Sector Diagnostics (CPSDs) and operational research that informs IFC’s investment strategies.He specializes in private sector development, international trade, investment, and value chains. Before joining the IFC, he worked at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) in Uganda. Samuel holds a Master’s in Development Economics from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a BSc in Economics from Mannheim University (Germany). He is also a PhD candidate in Economics at the World Trade Institute (WTI), with research focused on the intersection of international trade and economic development.
Discussant
Emilia Lamonaca (University of Foggia) is a Research Fellow at the University of Foggia (Italy), where she received her doctorate. Her main research interests include economics of climate change, determinants of international trade as well as the role of trade and climate policy and economic geography on trade
Scientific Organiser(s):
Fabio Santeramo (European University Institute & University of Foggia)
Mahdi Ghodsi (The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies)