Browsing by Subject "Environmental protection."

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The analysis of the behaviour of governments and producers in the presence of environmental regulations and international trade
(2000) Karaman, S. Cem
In my thesis I analyse the interactions between environmental regulations and international trade. I use a two-country, one-good, two-producer model. The governments may behave strategically in choosing their environmental policy and producers may behave strategically in choosing their R&D investment. Using a game theoretical approach, I try to identify the Nash equilibrium of the game. For identical countries, I consider two cases; simultaneous-move game and sequential-move game. I observe that the producers prefer not to act strategically for any action of governments. If one of the governments move in advance, it will prefer to act strategically. In a simultaneous-move game there is multiple equilibria and no conclusion can be made for the outcome of the game. For non-symmetric country case, I observe that the governments prefer to act strategically and the producers prefer not to act strategically where the game is a simultaneous-move game.
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Environmental protection and international cooperation: the case of the Turkish straits
(1995) Tosun, Oray
Industrial and technological improvements have globalized environmental problems. This reality has developed the environmental conscience both at national and international levels and almost all states have formed their own environmental policies. The environmental disasters which transpass national boundaries put'forth the reality that they can only find solution by the cooperation of those states concerned. The serious effects of the tankers and oil spills caused by tanker accidents or other operations cannot be underestimated. The tanker accidents which have occurred for years in the Turkish Straits have put them in an ecological danger and require some technical and legislative amendments for the protection of this region which has a historical value and strategic importance for today's Turkey. ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to stress the importance and the seriousness of this issue; and to show that precautions must be taken not'only for security purposes but also for ecological protection. By an analysis of the case of the Turkish Straits, this study suggests that such cases are not only national problems, but they have a universal nature which requires international cooperation.