Import tariffs as environmental policy instruments /

The theoretical results are applied in a policy analysis of eco-tariffs and other trade instruments in the context of domestic and global environmental policy in order to assess the relevance of the eco-tariffs that have been subjected to the theoretical analysis. Finally, the GATT/WTO rules and reg...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kraus, Christiane
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, [2000]
Series:Economy & environment ; 19.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introductory Remarks
  • 2. Eco-tariffs to Avoid Eco-Dumping and Environmental Races Towards the Bottom (ERTB)
  • 3. An International Trade Model with Pollution and Eco-Tariffs
  • 4. Tariffs to Avoid Eco-Dumping for Terms of Trade Reasons
  • 5. Tariffs to Avoid Eco-Dumping for Strategic Trade Policy Reasons
  • 6. Tariffs to Counteract Eco-Dumping Caused by Regulatory Capture
  • 7. The Role of Tariffs in Protecting Global Environmental Commons
  • 8. An International Trade Model With Spill-Over Pollution
  • 9. Tariffs as Second Best Instruments to Internalise Spill-Over Pollution
  • 10. Incentive Effects of Eco-Tariffs
  • 11. Tariffs to Counteract Eco-Dumping Caused by Regulatory Capture
  • 12. Eco-Tariffs and Domestic Environmental Policy