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This paper tackles the "pollution haven" argument by estimating the pollution content of imports (PCI). The PCI is then …) a factor endowment component and (iii) a "pollution haven" component reflecting the impact of differences in … ISIC 4-digit sectors. Decompositions based on cross-section econometric estimates suggest a significant pollution haven …
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This paper investigates if differences in environmental regulations can influence FDI flows in a multi-country setting taking into account the so-called "third-country" effects. We examine bilateral FDI flows using a new extended OECD investment database which covers great number of host...
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local pollutant. Governments use environmental policies, i.e., an emissions standard or a tax, to control pollution and for … demand, the cost of abatement and the damage caused from pollution. Under these modes of uncertainty we derive sufficient … Policy ; Pollution ; Choice of Policy Instrument ; Uncertainty …
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We test for pollution haven effects in outward foreign direct investment (FDI) for different sectors using a … country significantly attracts FDI. What is important for these pollution haven effects is not only regulation but also … enforcement of environmental policy. In contrast to earlier results, it is not only footloose industries that display pollution …
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Considerable progress has been made in our understanding of the relationship between international trade and the environment since Gene Grossman and Alan Krueger published their now seminal working paper examining the potential environmental effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement in...
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This paper investigates whether membership in Regional Trade agreements (RTAs) with environmental provisions (EPs) affect relative and absolute levels of environmental quality and whether the inclusion of most comprehensive EPs is associated to higher environmental quality. In order to do so,...
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and water pollution or GHG emissions take the form of regulations that aim to change the behaviour of firms or households … pollution, with important implications for international trade in such equipment. The different indicators of regulatory … products and technologies, environmental policy can complement trade policy in supporting pollution-reduction efforts not just …
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reduce world carbon emissions. We analyze the effects of carbon tariffs on trade, welfare and carbon emissions in a multi … countries. Most remarkably, world carbon emissions increase by 0.49 percent in the investigated counterfactual scenario, with a …
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Based on panel data covering 114 countries in the world, this study investigates the direct, indirect and total effects … recurrently found to face increased pollution (in particular CO2 emissions) due to direct scale-composition effects of trade in … EGs, the EGs’ net exporters are more likely to see their local pollution to decrease, in particular thanks to income …
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of environmental policy stringency which links our analysis to the "Pollution Haven" hypothesis. We also briefly analyse …
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