Trade Liberalisation and Effects on Pollutive Emissions and Waste A General Equilibrium Assessment for Norway
In: Series: Discussion Papers; No. 298; RePEc:ssb:dispap:298; (2001)
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This paper assesses effects of the last decade's multinational liberalisation of foreign trade, in terms of economic gains and in terms of pollution. By means of a disaggregated intertemporal CGE model for Norway two scenarios with and without the trade reforms are compared. Despite a slight decrease in GDP, emissions of several pollutants rise significantly. This is partly attributable to a modest increase in aggregate welfare, as polluting consumption rise significantly along with reduced labour effort. Further, the trade reforms, in combination with existing policy concessions, result in a long-run structural change in favour of heavy-polluting export industries. As these are large consumers of electricity, prices of clean hydropower rise and cause an economy-wide substitution towards more pollutive energy sources.
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Trade Liberalisation and Effects on Pollutive Emissions and Waste A General Equilibrium Assessment for Norway
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Fæhn, Taran ; Holmøy, Erling |
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Quelle: | Series: Discussion Papers; No. 298; RePEc:ssb:dispap:298; (2001) |
Veröffentlichung: | Statistics Norway, Research Department, 2001 |
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