On the Effects of Emission Standards as Technical Barriers to Trade: A Foreign Duopoly Case

Tsuyoshi Toshimitsu

No 34, Discussion Paper Series from School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University

Abstract: Employing an environmentally differentiated duopoly model, we analyze how emission standards affect imports, the environment, and social welfare. We show that a strict emission standard is not necessarily import-restrictive, whereas it may possibly degrade the environment. Furthermore, we present evidence that the effect of emission standards on net social surplus depends on the mode of market competition and the degree of marginal social valuation of environmental damage.

Keywords: emission standards; environmentally differentiated duopoly; green market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D43 F12 F13 L52 Q28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2007-06, Revised 2007-06
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