Trade and the Environment : Theory and Evidence

Brian R. Copeland, M. Scott Taylor

Nowhere has the divide between advocates and critics of globalization been more striking than in debates over free trade and the environment. And yet the literature on the subject is high on rhetoric and low on results. This book is the first to systematically investigate the subject using both economic theory and empirical analysis. Brian Copeland and Scott Taylor establish a powerful theoretical framework for examining the impact of international trade on local pollution levels, and use it to offer a uniquely integrated treatment of the links between economic growth, liberalized trade, and

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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	Copeland, Brian Richard
Other Persons:	Taylor, Michael Scott (contributor)
Publisher:	Princeton : Princeton University Press
Subject:	Umweltbelastung \| Pollution \| Handelsliberalisierung \| Trade liberalization \| Wirtschaftswachstum \| Economic growth \| Internationale Wirtschaft \| International economy \| Theorie \| Theory \| Stadt \| Town \| Luftverschmutzung \| Air pollution \| Schwefelemissionen \| Sulphur emissions \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| Welt \| World \| Welthandel \| Umweltschutz \| Außenhandel \| Liberalisierung \| Außenhandelspolitik \| Umweltverschmutzung \| Wirtschaftstheorie \| 1971-1986
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [degruyter.com] ; Description [degruyter.com] ; Description [degruyter.com]

Extent:	Online-Ressource (305 p)
Series:	Princeton Series in International Economics
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Trade and Environment Debate; 1.1 Globalization and the Trade versus Environment Debate; 1.2 Two Questions and a Preview of Our Answers; 1.3 Our Method of Analysis; 1.4 Plan of the Book; 2 Pollution in a Small Open Economy; 2.1 Technology; 2.2 Equilibrium along the Net and Potential Production Frontiers; 2.3 Scale, Composition, and Technique Effects; 2.4 Endogenous Pollution Policy; 2.5 Conclusion; 3 Is There an Environmental Kuznets Curve?; 3.1 Equilibrium Pollution and the Environmental Kuznets Curve; 3.2 Sources of Growth 3.3 Income Effects3.4 Threshold Effects; 3.5 Increasing Returns to Abatement; 3.6 Conclusion; 4 Trade Liberalization and Environmental Quality; 4.1 Trade Frictions; 4.2 Trade Liberalization with Rigid Pollution Policy; 4.3 Trade Liberalization with Flexible Pollution Policy; 4.4 The Political Economy Motive; 4.5 Conclusion; 5 Pollution Haven Models of International Trade; 5.1 Exogenous Policy Differences: Rigid Emission Intensities; 5.2 Exogenous Policy Differences: Marketable Permit Systems; 5.3 Endogenous Pollution Havens; 5.4 Global Pollution and the World Composition Effect 5.5 Environmentally Friendly Pollution Havens5.6 Northern and Southern Institutional Differences; 5.7 Conclusion; 6 Factor Endowments, Policy Differences, and Pollution; 6.1 Exogenous Policy: The Role of Factor Endowments; 6.2 Endogenous Policy: Factor Endowments and Comparative Advantage; 6.3 Correlated Characteristics: Being Rich and Capital Abundant; 6.4 An Illustrative Example; 6.5 Conclusion; 7 Is Free Trade Good for the Environment? An Empirical Assessment; 7.1 Three Questions That Deserve an Answer; 7.2 The Pollution Data; 7.3 Deriving the Reduced Form; 7.4 From Theory to Estimation 7.5 Empirical Results7.6 Alternative Specifications and Theories; 7.7 Conclusion; 8 Summary and Conclusions; 8.1 Flexible Pollution Policy; 8.2 Growth Is Not Trade; 8.3 The Pollution Haven and Factor Endowments Hypotheses; 8.4 Directions for Future Research; References; Index In English
ISBN:	978-1-4008-5070-9 ; 978-0-691-12400-1 ; 978-0-691-12400-1
Other identifiers:	10.1515/9781400850709 [DOI]
Classification:	Wirtschaftsgeographie ; Naturschutz ; Volkswirtschaftliche Ressourcen, Umweltökonomie ; Umweltpolitik ; Außenwirtschaft: Allgemeines
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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