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Are international environmental policies effective? : the case of the Rotterdam and the Stockholm Conventions

Núñez-Rocha, Thaís; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - 2018

This paper is the first to estimate the effect of two international agreements (Rotterdam Convention, RC, and the Stockholm Convention, SC) in reducing trade in hazardous substances. We estimate the effects of ratification of these agreements on imports of the affected products putting emphasis...

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Are deep and comprehensive regional trade agreements helping to reduce air pollution?

Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Oueslati, Walid - 2016

This paper investigates whether membership in Regional Trade agreements (RTAs) with environmental provisions (EPs) affect relative and absolute levels of environmental quality and whether the inclusion of most comprehensive EPs is associated to higher environmental quality. In order to do so,...

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Environmental regulation and competitiveness : evidence from Romania

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2010

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Environmental regulation and competitiveness : evidence from Romania

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2010

According to the pollution haven hypotheses differences in environmental regulation affect trade flows and plant location. Specifically, environmental stringency should decrease exports and increase imports of "dirty" goods. This paper estimates a gravity model to establish whether the...

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Environmental regulation and competitiveness : evidence from Romania

Arouri, Mohamed; Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, … - 2012

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Public Policies against Global Warming

Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2007

Judged by the principle of intertemporal Pareto optimality, insecure property rights and the greenhouse effect both imply overly rapid extraction of fossil carbon resources. A gradual expansion of demand-reducing public policies -- such as increasing ad-valorem taxes on carbon consumption or...

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Public Policies Against Global Warming

Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2007

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Public Policies Against Global Warming

Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2013

Judged by the principle of intertemporal Pareto optimality, insecure property rights and the greenhouse effect both imply overly rapid extraction of fossil carbon resources. A gradual expansion of demand-reducing public policies - such as increasing ad-valorem taxes on carbon consumption or...

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The effects of the CEECs' accession on sectoral trade : a value added perspective

Kaplan, Lennart C.; Kohl, Tristan; Martínez-Zarzoso, … - 2016

investigates how the accession of 10 Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) to the European Union (EU) affected trade in …-2009, we find that EU accession mainly fostered Eastern entrants' integration in other CEECs' value chains. Smaller integration …

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Fitting the gravity model when zero trade flows are frequent : a comparison of estimation techniques using Africa's trade data

Kareem, Fatima Olanike; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; … - 2016

investigate if EU fish standards are protectionist following reoccurring rejection of African fish products at the EU border … variables. In addition, we find EU standards are indeed non-protectionist in spite of the high level of African fish exports … rejected since 2008 at the EU border. Thus, a deeper trade agreement between these trading partners involving a significant …

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