Cooperation in Environmental Policy: A Spatial Approach
| dc.contributor.author | Davies, Ronald B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Naughton, Helen T. (Helen Tammela), 1976- | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-02-21 | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-02-21 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006-07 | |
| dc.description | 45 p. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Inefficient competition in emissions taxes creates benefits from international cooperation. In the presence of cross-border pollution, proximate (neighboring) countries may have greater incentives to cooperate than distant ones as illustrated by a model of tax competition for mobile capital. Spatial econometrics is used to estimate participation in 37 international environmental treaties. Data on 41 countries from 1980-1999 reveal evidence of increased cooperation among proximate countries. Furthermore, the results indicate that FDI usually increases treaty participation. We also find that both OECD and non-OECD countries respond positively to OECD countries’ participation but the response to non-OECD countries is primarily from similar countries. This suggests that the rich countries may lead others in setting environmental quality. | en |
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| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/3879 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon, Dept of Economics | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers ; 2006-18 | en |
| dc.subject | Environmental agreements | en |
| dc.subject | Foreign direct investment | en |
| dc.subject | Spatial econometrics | en |
| dc.title | Cooperation in Environmental Policy: A Spatial Approach | en |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en |