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Copeland, Brian Richard; Shapiro, Joseph S.; Taylor, … - 2023

depletion? How does globalization affect air and water pollution? Do trade and investment create a race to the bottom in … environmental policy? How important are environmental impacts of transporting goods? We review theory and empirical work linking …

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Globalization and Dirty Industries : Do Pollution Havens Matter?

Grether, Jean-Marie; De Melo, Jaime - 2021

This paper reviews arguments and evidence on the impact of globalization on the environment, then presents evidence on …

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The Environment and Globalization

Frankel, Jeffrey A. - 2021

Fears that globalization necessarily hurts the environment are not well-founded. A survey reveals little statistical …

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Overlapping Climate Policies

Perino, Grischa - 2019

Major carbon-pricing systems in Europe and North America involve multiple jurisdictions (countries or states). Individual jurisdictions often pursue additional initiatives—such as unilateral carbon price floors, legislation to phase out coal, aviation taxes or support programs for renewable...

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Sources of Comparative Advantage in Polluting Industries

Broner, Fernando - 2012

We study the determinants of comparative advantage in polluting industries. We combine data on environmental policy at the country level with data on pollution intensity at the industry level to show that countries with laxer environmental regulation have a comparative advantage in polluting...

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The Economics of Climate Change

Goulder, Lawrence H.; Pizer, William A. - 2021

Global climate change poses a threat to the well-being of humans and other living things through impacts on ecosystem functioning, biodiversity, capital productivity, and human health. This paper briefly surveys recent research on the economics of climate change, including theoretical insights...

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Economics and Climate Change : Integrated Assessment in a Multi-Region World

Hassler, John - 2012

This paper develops a model that integrates the climate and the global economy---an integrated assessment model---with which different policy scenarios can be analyzed and compared. The model is a dynamic stochastic general-equilibrium setup with a continuum of regions. Thus, it is a full...

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The Supply of Environmentalism

Glaeser, Edward L. - 2013

Long before economics turned to psychology, environmentalists were nudging and framing and pushing their cause like highly gifted amateur psychologists. Their interventions seem to have changed behavior by altering beliefs, norms and preferences, but because psychological interventions are often...

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The Mckibbin-Sachs Global Model : Theory and Specifications

McKibbin, Warwick J.; Sachs, Jeffrey D. - 2021

This paper presents the theoretical underpinnings of the MSG2 simulation model of the world economy. The MSG2 model is … a dynamic general equilibrium model of the world economy which pays particular attention to the relation between stocks … version presented here the world is divided into the U.S., Japan, Germany, the rest of the EMS, and the rest of the OECD, non …

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The Sources of Disagreement Among International Macro Models and Implications for Policy Coordination

Frankel, Jeffrey A. - 2021

This paper makes use of the simulation results of 12 leading large international econometric models, as to the effects of commonly specified changes in monetary and fiscal policy, conducted under the Brookings exercise "Empirical Macroeconomics for Interdependent Economies." The first half of...

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