Does trade always harm the global environment? A case for positive interaction

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dc.citation.epage288en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber2en_US
dc.citation.spage272en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber52en_US
dc.contributor.authorAlpay, S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T10:38:18Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T10:38:18Z
dc.date.issued2000en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.description.abstractWe demonstrate that there are links between international trade and environmental control, heretofore unappreciated, which might substantially alter the efficacy of various governmental policies to control pollution. One concern about national environmental policies is that, whereas the benefits of certain types of abatement might be international or even worldwide, the costs will be borne strictly by the consumers and firms of the country which institutes the policy. As a result, for those types of pollution which are global (such as greenhouse gases) there will be too little pollution abatement. Our first result is that this pessimistic conclusion may be unwarranted. In a 2 x 2 Ricardian model, we also show cases where the non-cooperative contribution of countries to global environmental protection, contrary to the conventional results, exceeds that of the cooperative one due to associated changes in the terms of trade. Thus, international trade is not always a threat to global environment.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/oep/52.2.272en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1464-3812
dc.identifier.issn0030-7653
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/25049
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.1093/oep/52.2.272en_US
dc.source.titleOxford Economic Papersen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental policyen_US
dc.subjectGlobal perspectiveen_US
dc.subjectInternational tradeen_US
dc.subjectPollution controlen_US
dc.subjectTrade-environment relationsen_US
dc.titleDoes trade always harm the global environment? A case for positive interactionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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