dc.contributor.author | Groenert, Valeska | |
dc.contributor.author | Wooders, Myrna | |
dc.contributor.author | Zissimos, Ben | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-14T01:18:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-14T01:18:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/15866 | |
dc.description.abstract | We show that, in competition between a developed country and a developing country over environmental standards and taxes, the developing country may have a 'second-mover advantage.' In our model, firms do not unanimously prefer lower environmental-standard levels. We introduce this feature to an otherwise familiar model of fiscal competition. Three distinct outcomes can be characterized by varying the cost to firms of 'standard mismatch': (1) the outcome may be efficient; (2) the developing country may be a 'pollution haven,' where some firms escape excessively high environmental standards in the developed country; (3) environmental standards may be set excessively high. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Vanderbilt University | en |
dc.subject | Environmental standards | |
dc.subject | fiscal competition | |
dc.subject | second-mover advantage | |
dc.subject | tax competition | |
dc.subject | JEL Classification Number: H2 | |
dc.subject | JEL Classification Number: H3 | |
dc.subject | JEL Classification Number: Q2 | |
dc.subject.other | | |
dc.title | Developing Country Second-Mover Advantage in Competition Over Standards and Taxes | |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.description.department | Economics | |