We analyze the relationship between trade and the environment in a vertically integrated world economy, an international market structure that deserves further scrutiny given its empirical relevance. Next to the traditional free-riding incentive, we find that the stringency of environmental...

This paper analyzes the impact of vertical linkages on the international effects of environmental policy. With vertical linkages, stricter environmental policy at home indirectly reduces pollution in the rest of the world. This spillback effect can reinforce the free-rider problem that arises...

In this paper we build a model to investigate the relation between trade and the environment in a dynamic setting. We extend a trade model similar to Copeland & Taylor (2003) by adding capital accumulation. We characterize optimal environmental policy in autarky and under international trade....

This paper is the first to provide both theoretical and empirical evidence of farmland globalization whereby international investors directly acquire large tracts of agricultural land in other countries. A theoretical framework explains the geography of farmland acquisitions as a function of...

This paper is the first to provide both theoretical and empirical evidence of farmland globalization whereby international investors directly acquire large tracts of agricultural land in other countries. A theoretical framework explains the geography of farmland acquisitions as a function of...

Using a text-based firm-level measure of climate policy exposure, we show that climate policies have led to a global decline of 6.5 percent in investment among publicly traded oil and gas companies between 2015 and 2019, with European companies experiencing the most significant impact....