Piecemeal Reform of Trade and Environmental Policy When Consumption Also Pollutes

Mark Metcalfe and John Beghin ()

Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications from Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University

Abstract: The design of trade and environmental policy pays increasing attention to consumption-induced pollution linked to trade liberalization. The authors of this paper incorporate endogenous consumption pollution into a dual trade model to assess the welfare elects of coordinated trade and environmental piece-meal reform in a small, open and distorted economy They identify sufficient conditions for welfare-improving reforms of trade and environmental policies. They also discuss briefly the implications of using tradable permits instead of taxes.

Date: 1999-02
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Working Paper: Piecemeal Reform of Trade and Environmental Policy When Consumption Also Pollutes (1999)
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