This paper studies an intertemporal model of protection and environmental policy in a small trading developing nation (DN). The DN government protects the polluting and the import competing sector of the economy with a tariff. The output and employment effects of three pollution taxes are...

Although arranged and love marriages have been around for a long time, to the best of our knowledge, there are no comparative analyses in the economics literature of the relative merits of one or the other kind of marriage. As such, the purpose of this note is to conduct a theoretical inquiry...

We model international trade in renewable resources between a single buyer and competitive sellers as a Stackelberg differential game. The buyer uses unit and ad valorem tariffs to indirectly encourage conservation of the renewable resource under study. First, we show that the efficacy of these...

We examine two issues pertaining to the conduct of environmental policy in developing countries (DCs). First, when faced with a self-financing constraint, should an environmental authority (EA) raise/lower pollution taxes over time or should it run a deficit/surplus? Second, given recent...

We analyze the design of international environmental agreements (IEAs) for developing countries (DCs) by a supra-national governmental authority (SNGA).We focus on the interaction between an asymmetrically informed SNGA, national governments, and polluting firms in DCs. Two scenarios are...

Even though arranged and love marriages have been around for a long time, to the best of our knowledge, there are no comparative analyses in the economics literature of the relative merits of one or the other kind of marriage. Consequently, the purpose of this note is to conduct a theoretical...

We analyze a dynamic Bertrand game model of trade between Foreign and Home in which the Foreign firm's export good is shipped to Home in containers carried by ships. This shipment to Home may also result in the unwitting introduction of alien species from Foreign into Home. By undertaking...

We analyze a dynamic Bertrand game model of trade between Foreign and Home in which the Foreign firm's export good is shipped to Home in containers carried by ships. This shipment to Home may also result in the unwitting introduction of alien species from Foreign into Home. By undertaking...

We propose and develop a new framework for analyzing the problem of precluding biological invasions caused by ships transporting internationally traded goods between nations and continents. In particular, we apply the methods of queuing theory to study the problem of precluding a biological...

We study the problem of precluding biological invasions caused by ships transporting internationally traded goods between countries and continents. In particular, we ask the following question: Should a port manager have a small number of inspectors inspect arriving ships less stringently or...