8 results on '"Rodil-Marzábal, Óscar"'
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2. Environmental effects of growth and global value chains: The case of East and Southeast Asian economies.
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Campos‐Romero, Hugo and Rodil‐Marzábal, Óscar
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GLOBAL value chains ,ECONOMIC conditions in Asia ,FOREIGN investments ,KUZNETS curve ,CONSUMPTION (Economics) - Abstract
The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis has become an important topic in the literature on the effects of growth on the environment, albeit surrounded by some controversy and nuance. Although this hypothesis has been analyzed in the literature in multiple ways and using different variables, there is still a gap in the consideration of global value chains (GVCs), which delve into the international division of production. This is particularly important in the intermediate stages of production, as they include tasks with a greater environmental impact. This research aims to analyze the environmental effects of economic growth and foreign trade linked to GVCs in a sample of 12 countries of East and Southeast Asia, given their strong insertion in GVCs. Based on the EKC, variables such as GDP per capita, environmental impact, and renewable energy consumption are incorporated. As a novelty, the research also includes GVCs participation and position indexes, and different measures of CO2 emissions. Our results confirm the existence of a nonlinear relationship between economic activity and its environmental effects, although with important nuances depending on the mode of insertion of each country in GVCs. In this sense, although all the selected countries increased their total emissions, substantial disparities are observed depending on the perspective considered (producer, consumer, and exports). Ultimately, it is concluded that, for an effective reduction of the environmental impact in these countries, it is essential to design policy measures, targeting new technologies, consumption and production patterns, and attracting green foreign direct investment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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3. Impactos sectoriales de la paralización de la actividad debido a impactos externos como el COVID-19: aproximación basada en la extracción hipotética aplicada a la inserción externa de la economía española
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Campos Romero, Hugo and Rodil Marzábal, Óscar
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Spanish economy ,Cadenas Globales de Valor ,Global Value Chains ,Production linkages ,Activity standstill ,Encadenamientos productivos ,COVID-19 ,Paralización de actividad ,Economía española - Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought economic activity to a standstill unprecedented in recent history. The aim of this paper is to analyse the potential economic and sectoral impact resulting from suspension of certain activities. The analysis of production linkages and the hypothetical extraction method constitute the methods are applied, taking as a reference trade relation of Spain with the EU, USA and China in 2015. The results obtained based on the four possible scenarios proposed show a decline in GDP due to the paralysis of a set of sectors, revealing the existence of strong production linkages through Global Value Chains La pandemia del COVID-19 ha provocado una paralización de la actividad económica sin precedentes en la historia reciente. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el impacto económico y sectorial potencial resultante de la suspensión de determinadas actividades. Los métodos empleados son el análisis de los encadenamientos productivos y el método de extracción hipotética, tomando como referencia las relaciones comerciales de España con la UE, EE. UU. y China en 2015. Los resultados obtenidos en base a cuatro posibles escenarios muestran un descenso del PIB debido a la parálisis de determinados sectores, revelando la existencia de importantes encadenamientos productivos a través de las Cadenas Globales de Valor. Palabras clave: encadenamientos productivos; paralización de actividad; Cadenas Globales de Valor; COVID-19; economía española
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- 2020
4. Environmental asymmetries in global value chains: The case of the European automotive sector.
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Campos-Romero, Hugo, Rodil-Marzábal, Óscar, and Gómez Pérez, Ana Laura
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GLOBAL value chains , *VALUE chains , *AUTOMOBILE industry , *KUZNETS curve , *PANEL analysis - Abstract
The European automotive sector is deeply integrated in the EU regional value chain. Each EU member show differences their economic and environmental performance. While central European countries perform more advanced, higher-value and lower-emission tasks, eastern economies specialize in manufacturing and have a higher share of exports from an environmental perspective. However, the environmental effects resulting from automotive production, as well as the distinctions among European economies based on their development levels, remain unexplored. Similarly, the implications of participation in global value chains (GVCs) in this context have not been examined. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to analyze the Environmental Kuznets Curve and the Pollution Haven/Halo Hypothesis in the case of the EU28 automotive sector under a value-added approach. The multi-regional input-output methodology along with a panel data estimation was used to verify the hypotheses. The results verify an inverted-N shape curve for the Kuznets hypothesis. Nevertheless, the results show no evidence of compliance with the haven or halo hypotheses. Moreover, participation in GVCs implies higher environmental impacts. Based on these findings, some policy recommendations are proposed to enhance the sector's circularity and optimize material use throughout the production chain. • Higher automotive emissions intensity in Eastern Europe. • Increased growth in the European automotive sector implies rising emissions. • Increased investment in the automotive sector results in lower emissions. • Increased participation in GVCs implies an increase in emissions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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5. FRAGMENTACIÓN PRODUCTIVA E INTEGRACIÓN ECONÓMICA EN AMÉRICA DEL NORTE: FUERZAS CENTRÍFUGAS Y CENTRÍPETAS.
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Rodil Marzábal, Óscar and López Arévalo, Jorge Alberto
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FOREIGN trade regulation , *ECONOMIC policy , *SOCIAL disorganization , *INTERNATIONAL trade , *INTERNATIONAL economic integration ,UNITED States-Mexico-Canada Agreement - Abstract
International fragmentation of production and economic integration are two structural motors of change that have characterized the global economy for decades. However, an interest in analyzing these two processes together has recently intensified due to the neo-protectionist turn in trade and economic policy in the United States. This paper examines trade and productive relations between Mexico, the United States and Canada, demonstrating how the global value chains (GVCs) in which they participate obscure global tendencies (centrifugal forces) and regional countertendencies (centripetal forces) that provoke changes in the geography and composition of productive linkages. These processes have the result of restructuring, and to a certain extent disintegrating, the regional bloc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
6. The Intra-EU Value Chain: An Approach to Its Economic Dimension and Environmental Impact.
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Rodil-Marzábal, Óscar and Campos-Romero, Hugo
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KUZNETS curve ,VALUE chains ,INPUT-output analysis ,PANEL analysis ,DATA modeling ,PER capita - Abstract
This paper aims to analyze the economic dimension and environmental impact of intra-EU value-added generation linked to global value chains (GVCs) through input-output analysis. For this purpose, information has been collected from TiVA (Trade in Value Added, OECD) and Eora databases for the years 2005 and 2015. From an economic perspective, the results point to a strengthening of the value-added generated within Factory Europe. From an environmental perspective, all EU28 members have reduced their exports-related impacts in intensity-emissions terms, but not all of them in the same degree. An approach to the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) has also been carried out through a panel data model. The results show a positive impact of the participation in intra-EU value chain (Factory Europe) on CO
2 emissions per capita. Further, an inverted U-shaped curve for CO2 emissions is found for the period 2005–15. In this sense, European economies with lower development levels (many Eastern and Southern countries) seem to be still on the rising segment of the curve, while the more developed ones seem to be on the decreasing segment. These results highlight the need to design global monitoring and prevention mechanisms to tackle growing environmental challenges and the need to incorporate specific actions associated with the GVCs activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2021
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7. Análise das cadeas globais de valor no sector textil : estudo dos seus impactos ambientais
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Vázquez Ponte, Pablo, Rodil Marzábal, Óscar, and Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais
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Cadeas globais de valor ,Emisiones de CO2 ,Cadenas globales de valor ,Economía circular ,Circular economy ,Global value chains ,Emisións de CO2 ,Sector textil ,CO2 emissions ,Textile industry - Abstract
Traballo Fin de Grao en Economía No presente traballo, realízase unha dobre aproximación teórica aos conceptos e implicacións das Cadeas Globais de Valor (CGV) e da economía circular (EC). Incluíndo unha análise empírica que integra esa dobre perspectiva. En primeiro lugar, analízase o concepto de CGV, vantaxes e desvantaxes. Ademais de presentar como funciona a súa estrutura en termos de gobernanza e upgrading. En segundo lugar, apórtase unha descrición teórica da EC, así como os seus principios e implicacións dentro do sector téxtil. En terceiro lugar, lévase a cabo unha análise empírica na que conflúen ambas temáticas. Por un lado, ponse en coñecemento a maneira de actuar predominante das principais economías do sector dentro da CGV e, por outro lado, analizase a dinámica en torno as emisións de dióxido de carbono (C02) presentes no comercio en valor engadido, usando como punto de referencia a Unión Europea (UE-28). En xeral, pódese concluír que existe un comportamento claro entre os países produtores e os países compradores deste sector, algo que afecta de maneira evidente as emisións de C02 que se realizan, tanto desde unha perspectiva de oferta como de demanda.
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- 2021
8. Las cadenas globales de valor en el ámbito comercial : aproximación teórica y análisis empírico
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Campos Romero, Hugo, Rodil Marzábal, Óscar, and Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais
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Investigación::53 Ciencias económicas::5304 Actividad económica::530404 Comercio exterior [Materias] ,Cadenas globales de valor ,Comercio internacional ,Global value chains ,International trade - Abstract
Traballo Fin de Grao en Economía En el presente trabajo analizamos una serie de aspectos en relación a las cadenas globales de valor en el ámbito del comercio internacional, de carácter mayoritariamente teórico y con el objeto de ilustrar el fenómeno objeto de estudio y sus implicaciones, introducimos una aproximación de carácter empírico. En primer lugar, y brevemente, comprobamos en qué medida las cadenas están incorporadas en las teorías del comercio, desde los autores cásicos hasta las nuevas teorías del comercio internacional, comprobando como tanto unos como otros no las toman en consideración. En segundo lugar comentamos las causas del auge de las cadenas globales de valor, que podemos resumir en el concepto de globalización; e introducimos el concepto de cadena global de valor desde sus orígenes en el análisis de la economía empresarial. En tercer lugar, comentamos cuáles pueden ser las principales ventajas, así como los principales riesgos, de la participación en las cadenas globales de valor, refiriéndonos en especial a los países en desarrollo. Por último, aportamos un breve análisis empírico donde hacemos patente el problema de la doble contabilización del comercio en bruto, y explicamos dos de las diferentes metodologías del análisis de las cadenas, destacando sobretodo el análisis del comercio en valor añadido. De este análisis podemos comprobar como efectivamente los errores en la contabilización del comercio en bruto afectan a la forma de comprender las relaciones comerciales globales y nos da una visión errónea de qué países, qué sectores y qué bienes y servicios son los más importantes en el análisis comercial, si bien esta comprobación no es objeto de estudio en este proyecto. Este trabajo consta de 9.764 palabras.
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- 2016
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