Domestic inefficiencies caused by transboundary pollution problems when there is no international coordination of environmental policies

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In most models of transboundary pollution, lack of international cooperation does not cause any inefficiency within each country. The paper shows that this result is only valid in the hypothetical case of no international trade. With international trade, we get a domestic inefficiency in addition to the well-known inefficiencies at the international level. More precisely, when there is no cooperation on how to handle transboundary pollution, it is individually rational for each country to choose a policy that gives it a lower welfare than what is possible given the emission levels of all countries.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Memorandum ; No. 2001,17

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; International Policy Coordination and Transmission ; Renewable Resources and Conservation: General ; Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy ; Energy: Government Policy
• Subject: environmental policy ; transboundary pollution ; carbon leakage ; Grenzüberschreitende Umweltbelastung ; Internationale Umweltpolitik ; Theorie ; Koordination

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hoel, Michael
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Oslo, Department of Economics
• (where): Oslo
• (when): 2001

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/63015
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET