Article
Does Trade Liberalization Increase Global Pollution?
Resource and Energy Economics
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Disciplines
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.
Citation Information
“Does Trade Liberalization Increase Global Pollution?” (with H. Beladi), Resource and Energy
Economics 33, 2011: 172-178.