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Is free trade good for the environment? /

This paper sets out a theory of how openness to international goods markets affects pollution concentrations. We develop a theoretical model to divide trade's impact on pollution into scale, technique, and composition effects and then examine this theory using data on sulfur dioxide concentrati...

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Main Authors: Antweiler, Werner
Corporate Authors: National Bureau of Economic Research
Group Author: Copeland, Brian Richard.; Taylor, M. Scott (Michael Scott), 1960-
Published:
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: NBER working paper series ; working paper 6707
Subjects:
Free trade > Environmental aspects > Econometric models.
International trade > Environmental aspects > Econometric models.
Environmental economics.
Pollution > Econometric models.
Environmental quality > Econometric models.
Free trade > Econometric models.
Libre-échange > Modèles économétriques. > Modèles économétriques.
Commerce international > Modèles économétriques. > Modèles économétriques.
Économie de l'environnement.
Pollution > Modèles économétriques.
Environnement > Modèles économétriques. > Modèles économétriques.
Libre-échange > Modèles économétriques.
Trade.
General.
Libre- échange > Modèles économétriques. > Modèles économétriques.
Summary: This paper sets out a theory of how openness to international goods markets affects pollution concentrations. We develop a theoretical model to divide trade's impact on pollution into scale, technique, and composition effects and then examine this theory using data on sulfur dioxide concentrations when it alters the composition, and hence the pollution intensity, of national output. Our estimates of the associated technique and scale efforts created by trade imply a net reduction in pollution from these sources. Combining our estimates of scale, composition, and technique efforts yields a somewhat surprising conclusion: freer trade appears to be good for the environment.
Item Description: "August 1998."
Carrier Form: 43, [23] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 42-43).
Index Number: HB1
CLC: F740-05
Call Number: F740-05/A636

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