Have Countries with Lax Environmental Regulations a Comparative Advantage in Polluting Industries?
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- Quiroga, Miguel & Sterner, Thomas & Persson, Martin, 2009. "Have Countries with Lax Environmental Regulations a Comparative Advantage in Polluting Industries?," Working Papers in Economics 412, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
comparative advantage; environmental regulation; trade; pollution haven; Porter hypothesis;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F18 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Environment
- Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENV-2007-05-19 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-INT-2007-05-19 (International Trade)
- NEP-REG-2007-05-19 (Regulation)
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