Arbeitspapier

The political economy of environmental regulations and industry compensation

This paper uses a political-economy framework to analyze what consequences the exogenous introduction of a quantitative restriction on total emissions in a small open economy has on the stringency of domestic trade policy. The question is whether and to what extent the government, if it takes different lobby groups´ interests into consideration, has an incentive to compensate the polluting industry for stricter environmental regulations by granting higher protection to it. It turns out that the government will indeed tend to increase subsidization of the industry affected by environmental regulation. This compensation will even be more than complete as long as environmental interests are taken into account. Hence, contrary to what might be expected, a net benefit for the polluting sector arises from environmental restrictions.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: cege Discussion Papers ; No. 65

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Trade and Environment
Pollution Control Adoption and Costs; Distributional Effects; Employment Effects
Environmental Economics: Government Policy
Thema
environmental regulations
international competitiveness
political
Umweltauflage
Protektionismus
Industriesubvention
Public Choice
Außenwirtschaftspolitik
Internationaler Wettbewerb
Wohlfahrtseffekt
Theorie

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Stoschek, Barbara
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege)
(wo)
Göttingen
(wann)
2007

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Stoschek, Barbara
  • University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege)

Entstanden

  • 2007

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