SIM, Seung-Gyu
   Department   Aoyama Gakuin University  Department of International Economics, School of International Politics, Economics and Communication
   Position   Professor
Language English
Publication Date 2018/02
Type Academic Journal
Peer Review Peer reviewed
Title Competitive Dominance of Emission Trading Over Pigouvian Taxation in a Globalized Economy
Contribution Type Collaboration
Journal Economics Letters
Journal TypeAnother Country
Publisher Elsevier
Volume, Issue, Page 163,pp.158-161
Author and coauthor Hsuan-Chih Lin and Seung-Gyu Sim
Details This paper examines the welfare implication of adopting a Pigouvian taxation scheme or emission trading scheme. In a globalized economy with international trade and cross-border pollution, we show that adopting the latter is the strict dominant strategy of each country, and global welfare is maximized when all countries adopt the latter, because emission trading incentivizes the other country to tighten its environmental regulation without concern for excessive shrinkage of domestic production and aggravation of cross-border pollution.