Nous analysons une politique environnementale menée de façon unilatérale par un Pays Développé, destinée à lutter contre une pollution globale. Dans un cadre de concurrence internationale, nous étudions les conséquences d'une telle politique sur la répartition géographique des...

In a two-country trade framework with uncertainly on the production costs and R&D outcomes, we analyze a unilateral policy aimed at incentivizing a domestic firm to find a clean technology. Under homogeneous Bertrand competition, we show that the trade policy is a perfect substitute to the...

We compare the performance of liability rules for managing environmental disasters when third parties are harmed and cannot always be compensated. A firm can invest in safety to reduce the likelihood of accidents. The firm's investment is unobservable to authorities. Externality and asymmetric...

We compare the performance of liability rules for managing environmental disasters when third parties are harmed and cannot always be compensated. A firm can invest in safety to reduce the likelihood of accidents. The firm's investment is unobservable to authorities. Externality and asymmetric...