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Revisiting the Conflicts between ‘Environmental Taxes vs Standard' in the Context of International Trade: The Role of Waste Recycling

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  • Nilendu Chatterjee

    (Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, India)

  • Kausik Gupta

    (University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India)

  • Tonmoy Chatterjee

    (Ananda Chandra College, Jalpaiguri, India)

Abstract

The present paper throws light on the famous “tax versus standard” debate in the sphere of environmental economics by using general equilibrium framework and tries to examine which of the two, i.e., tax or standard is the better way to deal with pollution. It has done so in the presence of a waste recycling sector which is the unique feature of it and has shown the impact of tax and standard separately on different polluting and non-polluting sectors of the economy. The study has developed a unique as well as an interesting result that in the presence of a waste recycling sector in the economy, both pollution tax and environmental standard have the same impact.

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  • Nilendu Chatterjee & Kausik Gupta & Tonmoy Chatterjee, 2017. "Revisiting the Conflicts between ‘Environmental Taxes vs Standard' in the Context of International Trade: The Role of Waste Recycling," International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management (IJSEM), IGI Global Scientific Publishing, vol. 6(2), pages 13-29, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jsem00:v:6:y:2017:i:2:p:13-29
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    JEL classification:

    • D58 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models
    • F11 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Neoclassical Models of Trade
    • F18 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Environment
    • Q52 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Pollution Control Adoption and Costs; Distributional Effects; Employment Effects
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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