| 来源类型 | Discussion paper
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| 规范类型 | 论文
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| 来源ID | DP644
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| DP644 Environmental Impacts of a North American Free Trade Agreement |
| Gene Grossman; Alan Krueger
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| 发表日期 | 1992-04-30
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| 出版年 | 1992
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | In general, a reduction in trade barriers will affect the environment by expanding the scale of economic activity, by altering the composition of economic activity and by initiating a change in the techniques of production. We present empirical evidence to assess the relative magnitudes of these three effects as they apply to further trade liberalization in Mexico. We first use comparable measures of three air pollutants in a cross-section of urban areas located in 42 countries to study the relationship between air quality and economic growth. We find for two pollutants (sulphur dioxide and `smoke') that concentrations increase with per capita GDP at low levels of national income, but decrease with GDP growth at higher levels of income. We then study the determinants of the industry pattern of US imports from Mexico and of value added by Mexico's maquiladora sector. We investigate whether the size of pollution abatement costs in US industry influences the pattern of international trade and investment. Finally, we use the results from a computable general equilibrium model to study the likely compositional effect of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on pollution in Mexico. |
| 主题 | International Trade and Regional Economics
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| 关键词 | Customs union
Environment
Mexico
Pollution
Trade liberalization
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| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp644
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| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/529804
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Gene Grossman,Alan Krueger. DP644 Environmental Impacts of a North American Free Trade Agreement. 1992.
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