Environmental Standards as Strategic Outcomes: A Simple Model

Published By: IGIDR on eSS | Published Date: December, 23 , 2008

This paper examines the strategic nature of choice of environmental standards under different degrees of openness of countries. It also compares and contrasts equilibrium environmental standards and levels of pollution, local and global, with the world optimum levels. It shows that, in case of open economies, environmental standards can be strategic substitutes or complements.

Author(s): Rupayan Pal, Rabindra N Bhattacharya | Posted on: Dec 23, 2008 | Views(1873) | Download (1247)


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