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Cover Does trade liberalization cause a race-to-the-bottom in environmental policies? : a spatial econometric analysis

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Eliste, Paavo

Does trade liberalization cause a race-to-the-bottom in environmental policies? : a spatial econometric analysis / Paavo Eliste and Per G. Fredriksson. - P. 383-396

Abstract: This chapter explores the impact of openness to trade, and the size of trade flows, on the determination of environmental regulations. Some authors argue that as a result of global trade liberalization countries are likely to relax domestic environmental policy standards in order to increase (or maintain) “competitiveness” (see Esty, 1994; Dua and Esty, 1997; Esty and Geradin, 1997). This could potentially lead to a “race to the bottom,” where countries continually undercut the competi ...; [Read more...]