The recent enlargement of the European Union brings many opportunities, but also presents many challenges. While some regions and industries are likely to experience welfare gains and increased turnover respectively, others will likely find themselves net losers in this new system. One particularly relevant issue at the current time is that of the environment. This is understandable given the s...

Non-polluting fuels, such as hydrogen, are widely considered to be a promising way decrease the environmental problems caused by burning of fossil fuels. Finding materials that can help us generate these “clean” fuels is difficult and time-consuming process. Computer simulation technology most important tool in this area, because it helps scientists understand existing also them design new type...

trade linearization according to scale, composite, and technology effects, changes the environment quality. on the other hand, trade liberalization, increases capital flow in the world. based on pollution haven hypothesis, polluted intensive industries move from the countries with stringent environmental policies to those with more relaxed environmental policies. in order to evaluate the effect...

This paper investigates the effects of air quality regulation in the USA on firm decisions concerning plant locations, births, sizes, and investment patterns, in major polluting industries. The intent of the Clean Air Act [CAA] and its Amendments from 1970 on is to induce/coerce plants to limit source emissions that lead to air pollution, so localities meet national air quality standards. In ge...

This paper studies the optimal environmental policy in a mixed market when pollution accumulates over time. Specifically, we assume quantity competition between several private firms and one partially privatized firm. The optimal emission tax is shown to be independent of the weight the privatized firm puts on social welfare. The optimal tax rule, the accumulated stock of pollution, firms' prod...