全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Do Profits Promote Pollution? The Myth of the Environmental Race to the Bottom

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来源类型	Policy Series
规范类型	报告
	Do Profits Promote Pollution? The Myth of the Environmental Race to the Bottom
	Robert K. Fleck; F. Andrew Hanssen
发表日期	2007-08-01
出版年	2007
语种	英语
概述	Environmentalists, politicians, and scholars express concern about a "race to the bottom" in environmental policy. Yet economic theory indicates that a race to the bottom in environmental policy is highly unlikely, and there is little evidence that such races have, in fact, occurred.
摘要	Environmentalists, politicians, and scholars express concern about a “race to the bottom” in environmental policy. They fear that competition between countries (or states or cities) for firms and investment may lead to excessively lax environmental standards. Yet economic theory indicates that a race to the bottom in environmental policy is highly unlikely, and there is little evidence that such races have, in fact, occurred. In “Do Profits Promote Pollution? The Myth of the Environmental Race to the Bottom,” PERC Julian Simon Fellows Rob Fleck and Andy Hanssen argue that the greatest threat to the environment arises not from apocryphal “races to the bottom,” but rather from governments that fail to act in the interests of their citizens. Representative governments, even if they are competing for firms, will not engage in an environmental race to the bottom. By contrast, unrepresentative governments, even if they are not competing for firms, often implement overly lax environmental standards. Understanding the difference is crucial to good policy making. Download the full report, including endnotes and references.
主题	Private Lands
URL	https://www.perc.org/2007/08/01/do-profits-promote-pollution/
来源智库	Property and Environment Research Center (United States)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/359821
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Robert K. Fleck,F. Andrew Hanssen. Do Profits Promote Pollution? The Myth of the Environmental Race to the Bottom. 2007.

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