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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 234-250Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1006/jeem.2000.1176
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This paper develops a theory of compensation of producers for the costs associated with environmental regulations. We show that the existence of transfers can give counter-intuitive effects of environmental policy on both output and trade flows. In particular, the compensation obtained by producers neutralizes the effect of environmental policy on output, and consequently on trade flows. This may help explain why previous empirical research has found weak evidence that environmental regulations affect trade patterns. The theory is tested using agricultural sector data. The evidence supports the hypothesis that environmental regulations and transfers a-re positively correlated. (C) 2001 elsevier Science (USA).
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