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This paper seeks to contribute to the unresolved issue of the effect of economic integration on environmental policy. In particular, we discuss the joint impact of trade openness and political uncertainty. Our theory predicts that the effect of trade integreation on the environment is...
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liberalization on pollution tax revenues. Several OECD countries are considering implementing or increasing pollution taxes in order …
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liberalization on pollution tax revenues. Several OECD countries are considering implementing or increasing pollution taxes in order …
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NOTE: The following is a description of the paper, and not the actual abstract. Trade and environment linkages are under increasing scrutiny, and a vast literature has emerged on the subject. Important linkages have been identified and major conclusions have been drawn in terms of economic...
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Developing countries with comparative advantage in dirty industries face the risk of environmental degradation unless appropriate policy is implemented to curtail industrial emission. Using applied general equilibrium analysis, we examine how trade influences the transfer of environmental...
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articles related to subsidies for energy and environmental goods. It highlights the current state of play in incorporating … provisions related to environmentally related subsidies in RTAs, and also illustrates possible ways to incorporate environmental … objectives in RTAs based on existing practice and information. Regional disciplines on subsidies could be considered in RTAs with …
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-owned enterprises, including subsidies in services trade in other on-going trade negotiations. The new regime makes us think hard about …, and how to deal with effects of subsidies in international trade, bringing competition issues back on the trade agenda. …
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Trade liberalization has proceeded on the assumption that eventual aggregate welfare gains will exceed the losses. While compensatory mechanisms exist in most countries, they tend to be underfunded and ineffective. To begin to address this problem, the direct beneficiaries from trade...
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Governments and businesses worldwide are preparing for a carbon-constrained future and evaluating different policy instruments to combat climate change. Agricultural production is an important source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and practices that reduce or offset these emissions can...
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This paper employs the GTAP computable general equilibrium model and dataset to analyse the implications of domestic support reductions in the context of agricultural trade liberalisation. Three specific issues are addressed: overhang in domestic support, the accurate distinction of the boxes in...
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