TY - JOUR
T1 - The interface between growth, trade, pollution and natural resource use in Chile
T2 - Evidence from an economywide model
AU - Van Der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
AU - Roland-Holst, David
AU - Dessus, Sébastien
AU - Beghin, John
PY - 1998/9/1
Y1 - 1998/9/1
N2 - We investigate the implications of trade liberalization and pollution taxes on aggregate income, pollution, and natural resource use in Chile with a neoclassical economywide model comprising 75 sectors. The model incorporate 13 measures of pollution effluents which are linked to the use of polluting inputs and energy use. We estimate the economic and environmental impact of Chile's participation in NAFTA, MERCOSUR, of unilateral trade liberalization and effluent taxes. Unilateral trade liberalization induces substantial worsening of pollution emissions and expansion of resource-based sectors, partly because of access to cheaper energy. NAFTA integration is environmentally benign in terms of pollution emissions.
AB - We investigate the implications of trade liberalization and pollution taxes on aggregate income, pollution, and natural resource use in Chile with a neoclassical economywide model comprising 75 sectors. The model incorporate 13 measures of pollution effluents which are linked to the use of polluting inputs and energy use. We estimate the economic and environmental impact of Chile's participation in NAFTA, MERCOSUR, of unilateral trade liberalization and effluent taxes. Unilateral trade liberalization induces substantial worsening of pollution emissions and expansion of resource-based sectors, partly because of access to cheaper energy. NAFTA integration is environmentally benign in terms of pollution emissions.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0169-5150(98)00047-4
DO - 10.1016/S0169-5150(98)00047-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032167385
SN - 0169-5150
VL - 19
SP - 87
EP - 97
JO - Agricultural Economics
JF - Agricultural Economics
IS - 1-2
ER -