The Environment, Trade and Industrial Restructuring: Revisiting the Evidence

Matthew A. Cole (), R.J.R. Elliott and AKM Azhar ()

Discussion Papers from Department of Economics, University of Birmingham

Abstract: In the developed world the cost of meeting environmental regulations appears to be rising over time. Since the stringency of such regulations increases with economic development there has been speculation that developing countries may possess a comparative advantage in pollution intensive production.

Keywords: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLLUTION; TRADE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F18 O13 L60 L50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000

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