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International differences in emissions intensity and emissions content of global trade
Douglas, Stratford; Nishioka, Shuichiro - In: Journal of Development Economics 99 (2012) 2, pp. 415-427
Understanding international differences in the emissions intensity of trade and production is essential to understanding the effects of greenhouse gas limitation policies. We develop data on emissions from 41 industrial sectors in 39 countries and estimate the CO2 emissions intensity of...
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Differentiated Intellectual Property Regimes for Environmental and Climate Technologies
Maskus, Keith - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2010
Prior to the Copenhagen meeting on developing a new framework for climate-change policy there were sharp differences between the positions of developed and developing countries regarding the role of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in fostering international technology transfer (ITT)....
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Public economics of hitchhiking species and tourism-based risk to ecosystem services
Warziniack, Travis W.; Finnoff, David; Shogren, Jason F. - In: Resource and Energy Economics 35 (2013) 3, pp. 277-294
This paper is the first to examine the public economics of export-based externalities arising within the provisioning of ecosystem services, with direct application to policies to prevent the spread of hitchhiking invasive species. We find when risk enters through exports, policy makers face a...
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Can a unilateral carbon tax reduce emissions elsewhere?
Elliott, Joshua; Fullerton, Don - In: Resource and Energy Economics 36 (2014) 1, pp. 6-21
One country or sector that tries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions may fear that other countries or sectors will get a competitive advantage and increase emissions. Computable general equilibrium (CGE) models such as Elliott et al. (2010a, 2010b) indicate that 15–25% of abatement might be...
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The Stringency of Environmental Regulations and Trade in Environmental Goods
Sauvage, Jehan - 2014
This report assesses conceptually and empirically the extent to which the stringency of environmental regulations drives international trade in environmental goods. Many of the measures governments adopt to address issues such as local air and water pollution or GHG emissions take the form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463420
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Domestic Incentive Measures for Renewable Energy With Possible Trade Implications
Bahar, Heymi; Egeland, Jagoda; Steenblik, Ronald - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2013
In recent years the manufacturing of renewable-energy technologies has become truly global. The associated rise in international investment and trade in goods and services related to renewable energy has been rapid, but it has not always been smooth. Already there have been challenges at the...
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Cross-Border Trade in Electricity and the Development of Renewables-Based Electric Power: Lessons from Europe
Bahar, Heymi; Sauvage, Jehan - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2013
The uptake of renewable energy (RE) has been identified by a number of governments as a primary means for mitigating CO2 emissions from the electricity sector, and for making the transition to a low-carbon economy. The electric power output of some RE technologies, however, including those based...
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The Stringency of Environmental Regulations and Trade in Environmental Goods
Sauvage, Jehan - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2014
This report assesses conceptually and empirically the extent to which the stringency of environmental regulations drives international trade in environmental goods. Many of the measures governments adopt to address issues such as local air and water pollution or GHG emissions take the form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276647
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Trade and Environment in North-South Relationships
Scarano, Giovanni - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2003) 4
literature about trade and environment, in which the focus is posed on the explicit or surreptitious nexuses existing between …
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Do Regional Trading Arrangements Harm the Environment?. An Analysis of 162 Countries in 1990
Ghosh, S.; Yamarik, S. - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 6 (2006) 2
n this paper, we investigate the impact of regional trading arrangements (RTAs) on the environment. We propose an … impact the environment either directly or indirectly via trade and income. We find that membership in an RTA reduces the … RTAs directly impact the environment. Taken together, our results suggest that the recent surge of regional trading …
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