International Spillovers and Water Quality in Rivers : Do Countries Free Ride?

Hilary Sigman

Transboundary spillovers may degrade environmental quality if countries free ride. This paper examines the extent of such degradation in water quality in international rivers. Using data from river monitoring stations in the UN's Global Emissions Monitoring System (GEMS), it compares pollution levels in international and domestic rivers. The results suggest that free riding may substantially increase pollution in international rivers, but the estimates are sensitive to the inclusion of country effects

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Year of publication:	November 2001
Authors:	Sigman, Hilary
Institutions:	National Bureau of Economic Research (contributor)
Publisher:	Cambridge, Mass : National Bureau of Economic Research
Subject:	Welt \| World \| Trittbrettfahrerverhalten \| Free rider problem \| Gewässerbelastung \| Water pollution \| Grenzüberschreitende Umweltbelastung \| Transboundary pollution

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource
Series:	NBER working paper series ; no. w8585
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Mode of access: World Wide Web System requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers.
Other identifiers:	10.3386/w8585 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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