TI 2004-020/3

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper

Environmental Regulation and

International Trade

Abay Mulatu1
Raymond J.G.M. Florax2,3
Cees A. Withagen2,4, 5

1 Department of Economic History, London School of Economics, London, UK,

2 Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands,

3 Regional Economics Applications Laboratory (REAL), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,

USA,
4 Department of Economics, Tilburg University, The Netherlands,

5 Tinbergen Institute.
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