In this paper, we take into account that different types of pollutants (both local pollutants like SPM and global pollutants like CO2) are generated during a production process. We consider a two-country framework with one firm in each country and strategic interaction between them A dirty good...

Purpose This paper aims to examine whether integration of national markets fosters innovation in the technologically inferior country. Design/methodology/approach The authors examine a simple game theoretic framework where a technologically backward home firm and a technologically advanced...

Given the increasing sensitivity of buyers in the richer countries towards quality of goods they consume, low-quality exports largely constrain export-growth of the developing countries. This element documents the attempts to estimate cross-country quality variations and reviews the demand and...