The standard approach to modelling coffee prices ignores the impact that changes in government policies and market structures has on coffee prices. These changes have led to large structural breaks in coffee prices implying the standard estimates are biased. This paper models coffee princes in...

The effects of removing the German coal subsidy and of introducing a carbon tax are explored using a single country, static computable general equilibrium model.

Japan has maintained tight control over its oil market with the result that Japanese consumers face higher net-of-tax oil product prices than other OECD consumers. However, in April 1996, the market will be deregulated. We explore, through simulation, the welfare effect of deregulation, taking...

This paper assesses the strength of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) which posits an inverted-U relationship between per capita income and pollution, in the light of a number of recent criticisms.

This paper examines the impact on air pollution of changes in the composition of manufacturing output in developed and developing countries.

The policy of allowing households to choose whether to have their water consumption metered is investigated . A simple model is constructed, in terms of which it is shown that such a policy is optimal within an appropriate range of parameter values for the demand and supply of water.

China's rapid growth in recent years has been matched by large increases in exports and foreign direct investment (FDI). However, within China considerable regional disparities in FDI flows exist. In this paper we use detailed province level data for China to examine the determinants of...

In this paper we investigate the relationship between economic growth and industrial pollution emissions in China using data for 112 major cities between 2001 and 2004. Using disaggregated data we separate FDI inflows from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan from those of other foreign economies. We...