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International outsourcing, environmental costs, and welfare
Choi, Jai-young; Yu, Eden Siu-hung - 2018
This paper explores the welfare consequences of international outsourcing in the presence of resulting environmental … damage in a three-stage model of North-South trade. In stage 1, outsourcing firms in the North (e.g., United States [US] and … a framework for analyzing the effects of international outsourcing on environment and, ultimately, social welfare in …
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The inefficiency of private adaptation to pollution in the presence of endogeneous market structure
Eisenack, Klaus - 2010
The paper considersan industry where the effects of pollution can be off-set by investing in adaption as a private good. The focus is not on external effects, but on economies of scale that are introducted when the costs of adapting to pollution are independent from the quantity produced. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010442762
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The Unsustainable Costs of Partial Deregulation
MacAvoy, Paul W. - 2008
Three decade ago, federal policymakers - Republicans and Democrats - embarked on a general strategy of deregulation in the electricity, gas delivery, and telecommunications industries. The strategy called for restructuring to separate production from the transmission and distribution, followed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014047844
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The Social Costs of Imperfect Competition : The Case of the Peruvian Manufacturing Sector, 1990-1996
Tello, Mario D. - 2001
This paper estimates the social costs of imperfect market structures (e.g., Oligopoly and Monopoly) in the Peruvian Manufacturing Sector for the period 1990-1996. These costs are computed using the simple Harberger (1954) method adjusted by Tello's model (1995). The method is applied at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014138020
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Beer Advertising and Marketing Update : Structure, Conduct, and Social Costs
Nelson, Jon P. - 2005
Beer advertising is a topic that has frequently attracted the attention of industrial organization economists. This update reviews major events, data trends, and research for each of three issues: (1) the importance of advertising and product differentiation for structural change in the brewing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014028763
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The High Economic Costs of Cartels : Can Private Enforcement Help?
Connor, John M. - 2010
This chapter examines anti-cartel enforcement in selected jurisdictions around the world, paying particular attention to the role of private court actions in attaining optimally deterring sanctions. The principal conclusions are as follows. There are numerous indicators that enforcement in North...
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Delayed action and uncertain targets : how much will climate policy cost?
Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Sgobbi, Alessandra; … - 2008
Despite the growing concern about actual on-going climate change, there is little consensus about the scale and timing of actions needed to stabilise the concentrations of greenhouse gases. Many countries are unwilling to implement effective mitigation strategies, at least in the short-term, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008780584
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Delayed action and uncertain targets : how much will climate policy cost?
Bosetti, Valentina (contributor); Carraro, Carlo (contributor) - 2008
Despite the growing concern about actual on-going climate change, there is little consensus about the scale and timing of actions needed to stabilise the concentrations of greenhouse gases. Many countries are unwilling to implement effective mitigation strategies, at least in the short-term, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003751211
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Delayed Action and Uncertain Targets - How Much Will Climate Policy Cost?
Bosetti, Valentina - 2012
Despite the growing concern about actual on-going climate change, there is little consensus about the scale and timing of actions needed to stabilise the concentrations of greenhouse gases. Many countries are unwilling to implement effective mitigation strategies, at least in the short-term, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012754845
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Delayed Action and Uncertain Targets : How Much Will Climate Policy Cost?
Bosetti, Valentina - 2014
Despite the growing concern about actual on-going climate change, there is little consensus about the scale and timing of actions needed to stabilise the concentrations of greenhouse gases. Many countries are unwilling to implement effective mitigation strategies, at least in the short-term, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012751322