Essays about: "fredrik paues"

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  1. 1. A model of trade agreements and cross-border externalities

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Fredrik Paues; [2008]
    Keywords : cross-border pollution; production externality; trade agreement; environmental tax; imperfect competition;

    Abstract : This thesis examines a second-best trade agreement between the governments of two countries that tries to remedy the distortions arising from non-coordinated environmental policy. In a reciprocal-markets model with bidirectional cross-border pollution, it is found that if the cross-border pollution is sufficiently strong, a second-best trade agreement requires that both governments impose import tariffs on the goods whose production gives rise to pollution. READ MORE