Data/hora: 02/06/2024 14:49:12

Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Multilateral Trade Agreements and Market-Based Environmental Policies
Autores: | Fischer,   Carolyn; Hoffmann,   Sandra A.; Yoshino,   Yutaka.
Data: | 2005-10-25
Ano: | 2002
Palavras-chave: | Trade; Environment; WTO; GATT; Market-based policies; Environmental Economics and Policy; F1; Q38.
Resumo: | We review the legal provisions of the WTO regime that have important implications for national, market-based environmental policies. We evaluate those provisions for their effects on a member country's ability and incentives to design economically efficient environmental policies. International trade institutions do not recognize the polluter pays principle, posing some challenges for unilateral policies addressing cross-border pollutants and leakage. Nor do they recognize the economic equivalence of emission tax and permit regimes, leading to different potential constraints on policy design and leaving some environmental policies open to influence by protectionist motives. As many legality issues have yet to be disputed and resolved, opportunities exist to help the WTO and environmental institutions evolve in ways to enable and encourage good policymaking.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

18477

http://purl.umn.edu/10758

Editor: | AgEcon Search

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Resources for the Future&gt;Discussion Papers

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