We explain the spatial concentration of economic activity, in a model of economic geography, when the cost of environmental policy - which is increasing in the concentration of pollution - and an immobile production factor act as centrifugal forces, while positive knowledge spillovers and...

We explain the spatial concentration of economic activity, in a model of economic geography, when the cost of environmental policy - which is increasing in the concentration of pollution - and an immobile production factor act as centrifugal forces, while positive knowledge spillovers and...

We explain the spatial concentration of economic activity, in a model of economic geography, when the cost of environmental policy - which is increasing in the concentration of pollution - and an immobile production factor act as centrifugal forces, while positive knowledge spillovers and...

Taking as given that we are consuming too much and that overconsumption leads to environmental degradation, the present paper examines the regulator's choices between informative advertisement and consumption taxation. We model overconsumption by considering individuals that care about social...

The paper contributes to the literature that examines the formation of international environmental agreements as a two-stage game, where in the first, countries decide whether or not to sign the agreement, and in the second, they choose either emissions or abatement. When the second stage is...