TY  - JOUR
AU  - Copeland,Brian R.
AU  - Taylor,M. Scott
TI  - International Trade and the Environment: A Framework for Analysis
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 8540
PY  - 2001
Y2  - October 2001
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w8540
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w8540.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Brian Copeland
Department of Economics
The University of British Columbia
#997-1873 East Mall
Vancouver, BC  V6T 1Z1 CANADA
E-Mail: copeland@econ.ubc.ca

M. Scott Taylor
IEE Canada Research Chair
Department of Economics
The University of Calgary
2500 University Drive, N.W.
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
CANADA
Tel: 403/220-8912
Fax: 403/282-5262
E-Mail: mstaylor@ucalgary.ca
AB  - This paper sets out a general equilibrium pollution and trade model to provide a framework for examination of the trade and environment debate.  The model contains as special cases a canonical pollution haven model as well as the standard Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson factor endowments model.  We draw quite heavily from trade theory, but develop a simple pollution demand and supply system featuring marginal abatement cost and marginal damage schedules familiar to environmental economists.  We have intentionally kept the model simple to facilitate extensions examining the environmental consequences of growth, the impact of trade liberalization, and strategic interaction between countries.
ER  -