Does Trade Liberalization Increase Global Pollution?

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Resource and Energy Economics

Volume

33

Publication Date

2011

First Page

172

Last Page

178

Abstract

In this paper we consider a simple duopoly market in which a home firm and a foreign firm use labor to produce an identical product and supply it to the home market. Firms emit pollution as a by-product of production. We show conditions under which international trade liberalization decreases (increases) the global pollution.

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS