Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Christa Jensen Author-Name-First: Christa Author-Name-Last: Jensen Author-Email: Christa.Jensen@mail.wvu.edu Author-Workplace-Name: West Virginia Univeristy Author-Name: Stuart Mcintyre Author-Name-First: Stuart Author-Name-Last: Mcintyre Author-Email: s.mcintyre@strath.ac.uk Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Strathclyde Author-Name: Max Munday Author-Name-First: Max Author-Name-Last: Munday Author-Email: Mundaymc@Cardiff.ac.uk Author-Workplace-Name: Cardiff University Author-Name: Karen Turner Author-Name-First: Karen Author-Name-Last: Turner Author-Email: karen.turner@strath.ac.uk Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Strathclyde Title: Incorporating jurisdiction issues into regional carbon accounts under production and consumption accounting principles Abstract: Despite increased public interest, policymakers have been slow to enact targets based on limiting emissions under full consumption accounting measures (such as carbon footprints). This paper argues that this may be due to the fact that policymakers in one jurisdiction do not have control over production technologies used in other jurisdictions. The paper uses a regional input-output framework and data derived on carbon dioxide emissions by industry (and households) to examine regional accountability for emissions generation. In doing so, we consider two accounting methods that permit greater accountability of regional private and public (household and government) final consumption as the main driver of regional emissions generation, while retaining focus on the local production technology and consumption decisions that fall under the jurisdiction of regional policymakers. We propose that these methods permit an attribution of emissions generation that is likely to be of more use to regional policymakers than a full global footprint analysis. Length: 35 pages Creation-Date: 2010-08 Revision-Date: Publication-Status: File-URL: http://www.strath.ac.uk/media/departments/economics/10-12.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Number: 1012 Classification-JEL: C67, Q01, Q53, R15 Keywords: pollution attribution; regional economy; input-output analysis; Wales Handle: RePEc:str:wpaper:1012