This paper discusses the likely evolution of the trade and environment issue in the World Trade Organization after the upcoming ministerial meeting in Singapore this December. It makes a number of points. Progress within the GATT/WTO on this issue looks likely to be slow and painfully...

This paper discusses the likely evolution of the trade and environment issue in the World Trade Organization after the upcoming ministerial meeting in Singapore this December. It makes a number of points. Progress within the GATT/WTO on this issue looks likely to be slow and painfully...

We describe a model of international, multidimensional policy coordination where countries can enter into selective and separate agreements with different partners along differentpolicy dimensions. The model is used to examine the implications of negotation tie-in - the requirement that...

Externe Effekte zwischen Wirtschaftssubjekten spielen in der Ökonomie eine herausragende Rolle. Solche durch wirtschaftliche Aktivität verursachten Externalitäten wirken auf das Wohlfahrtsniveau Dritter ein, ohne daß dafür eine marktliche Kompensation erfolgen würde. Die vorliegende...