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environmental collapse or an export collapse. The fact that China has recently declared that its most important task is to build a … because a harmonious society cannot endure in China unless there is also a harmonious world, and vice-versa. The large amount … made the international atmosphere ripe for trade protectionism; and environmental degradation has made conflict over the …
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We analyze the impact of a rise in protectionism on environmental regulation. Using the 2018 US-China trade war as a … quasi-natural experiment, we find that higher exposure to tariffs leads to less stringent regulation targets in China …
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The rapid growth of ASEAN economies, the People's Republic of China and India (called ACI henceforth) - major drivers …
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The decade from 2010 to 2019 marked a significant turning point in China’s history of environmental regulation and … pollution. This article describes the recent trends in air and water quality, with a focus on the five years since China …
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are used as an environmental enforcement mechanism in China’s authoritarian state. Based on extensive fieldwork, this … paper shows that the reliance on binding environmental targets as the main domestic policy instrument in China has generated … numerous undesirable consequences. While China’s target-based approach to implementation has incentivized local officials to …
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Many firms conduct 'environmental audits' to test compliance with a complex array of environmental regulations. Commentators suggest, however, that self-auditing is not as common as it should be, because firms fear that what they find will be used against them. This article analyzes...
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The author analyzes the optimal investment in environmental protection in a model of an infinite series of non-overlapping hyperbolically discounting agents. He shows that without a commitment mechanism society is eventually stuck in a situation where all agents prefer further investment in the...
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The author analyzes the optimal investment in environmental protection in a model of non-overlapping hyperbolically discounting agents. He shows that, in the long run and in the absence of a commitment device, society is stuck in a situation where all agents prefer further investments, yet no...
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