This paper investigates similarities and differences between developed and less developed countries in international technology diffusion. We measure international technology spillovers in trade, patents, and in disembodied forms. We find that all countries benefit from foreign technology....

This paper uses a dynamic CGE model to assess the intertemporal and spatial dimension of technology spillovers embodied in international trade within a climate and trade policy framework. Three are the main contributions of the study. First, to include endogenous factor-biased technical change...

One of the most debatable issues in the international scenario is relating to World Trade Organization and environment. The question of the day is whether or not and if yes, up to what extent environment is protected by WTO. Environmentalists argue that the WTO obligations make it difficult for...

Household survey data for 10 countries are used to quantify and test the importance of price and nonprice factors on residential water demand and investigate complementarities between household water-saving behaviors and the average volumetric price of water. Results show (1) the average...

We use a North-South model with property right differences and resource dynamics to study the effects of trade on resource use and welfare. Autarky is likely to Pareto-dominate free trade in the long run when the environment is quite fragile, and the result is reversed when the environment is...

This paper, produced for the Commonwealth Secretariat, asks what climate change means for the competitiveness of African LDCs' export trade. It first surveys the export profiles of African LDCs, then surveys what we know about climate change's physical impacts in Africa, as well as considering...

In this paper, we investigate whether there is a pollution haven effect, specifically, the effect of environmental regulations on firm location. Our identification uses the Two Control Zones (TCZ) policy implemented by the Chinese government in 1998. The difference-in-differences (DID)...

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