Pollution, Pigouvian Taxes, and Asymmetric International Oligopoly

We derive emission tax rules that take into account (i) the rent-shifting argument, (ii) the need to mitigate transboundary pollution, (iii) correction for restrictive oligopoly output, and (iv) correction for domestic coordination of outputs. We show that trade liberalization does not necessarily result in more pollution.
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