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Do environmental policies affect global value chains? : a new perspective on the pollution haven hypothesis
Koźluk, Tomasz; Timiliotis, Christina - 2016
Increasing international fragmentation of production has reinforced fears that industrial activity may flee to countries with laxer environmental policies – in line with the so-called Pollution Haven Hypothesis (PHH). If PHH effects are strong, domestic responses to environmental challenges...
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Chapter 24 CGE Modeling of Environmental Policy and Resource Management
Bergman, Lars - In: Handbook of environmental economics : volume 3, …, (pp. 1273-1306). 2005
Computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling is an attempt to use general equilibrium theory as a tool for analysis of … widespread use of CGE modeling probably is that a CGE model is an ideal bridge between economic theory and applied policy … research. The “bridge” perspective, however, suggests that CGE modeling is a way of using rather than testing economic theory …
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Foreign direct investment and the pollution haven hypothesis : evidence from listed firms
Garsous, Grégoire; Koźluk, Tomasz - 2017
Business has often been arguing against the introduction of a carbon tax because it would induce a pollution haven effect – reducing the competitiveness of domestic production and shifting both production and emissions to countries where fossil fuels are cheaper. In this paper, we shed light...
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The economic and environmental benefits from international co-ordination on carbon pricing : Insights from economic modelling studies
Nachtigall, Daniel - 2021
This paper assesses quantitative estimates based on economic modelling studies of the economic and environmental benefits from different forms of international co-ordination on carbon pricing. Forms of international co-ordination include: harmonising carbon prices (e.g. through linking carbon...
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International trade consequences of climate change
Dellink, Rob; Hwang, Hyunjeong; Lanzi, Elisa; Chateau, Jean - 2017
This report provides an analysis of how climate change damages may affect international trade in the coming decades and how international trade can help limit the costs of climate change. It analyses the impacts of climate change on trade considering both direct effects on infrastructure and...
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Chapter 27 International Trade, Foreign Investment, and the Environment
Rauscher, Michael - In: Handbook of environmental economics : volume 3, …, (pp. 1403-1456). 2005
The 1990s produced a large literature on foreign trade and the environment, including both theoretical and empirical contributions. The paper surveys this literature. It starts by looking at the traditional Heckscher–Ohlin type models of international trade and then moves to noncompetitive...
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Measuring environmental regulatory stringency
Brunel, Claire; Levinson, Arik - 2013
Researchers have long been interested in whether environmental regulations discourage investment, reduce labour demand, or alter patterns of international trade. But estimating those consequences of regulations requires devising a means of measuring their stringency empirically. While creating...
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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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Trends in policy indicators on trade and environment
Garsous, Grégoire - 2019
Addressing the relationship between domestic environmental regulations and international trade policies is essential to better understand the need for consistency and complementarity between these areas. The set of trade and environment indicators developed by the OECD aims to provide insights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028535
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Assessing the effectiveness of environmental provisions in regional trade agreements : an empirical analysis
Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - 2018
This report aims to test whether the inclusion of environmental provisions in Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) has contributed to the improvement of environmental quality among the Parties to these agreements through empirical modelling and analysis. Three indicators are considered as a proxy...
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