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Trade, Growth, and the Environment
Abstract
This essay reviews what we currently know about the environmental consequences of economic growth and international trade. Using a unified framework, we critically review both theory and empirical evidence on issues such as the Environmental Kuznets Curve, the pollution haven hypothesis, and the effects of environmental policy differences on trade and investment flows. We consider how this evidence can help us evaluate ongoing policy debates, and we discuss directions for further research.
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Toward a New Conception of the Environment-Competitiveness Relationship
Porter, M. E., & Linde, C. V. D. (1995) · Journal of Economic Perspectives · doi:10.1257/jep.9.4.97 · Cited by 13,365
Economic growth and the environment
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Pollution, welfare, and environmental policy in the theory of Comparative Advantage
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Stern, D. I. (2004) · World Development · doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.03.004 · Cited by 4,013
The Porter Hypothesis at 20: Can Environmental Regulation Enhance Innovation and Competitiveness?
Ambec, S., Cohen, M. A., Elgie, S., & Lanoie, P. (2013) · Review of Environmental Economics and Policy · doi:10.1093/reep/res016 · Cited by 1,928
UNMASKING THE POLLUTION HAVEN EFFECT*
Levinson, A., & Taylor, M. S. (2008) · International Economic Review · doi:10.1111/j.1468-2354.2008.00478.x · Cited by 1,112
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- Authors
- Copeland, B. R., & Taylor, M. S.
- Venue
- Journal of Economic Literature
- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Published
- 2004-03-01
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 7-71
- ISSN
- 0022-0515 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3124139326
- Cited by
- 1,357
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 105.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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