Are Environmental Regulations Driving U.S. Industry Overseas?
Author : H. Jeffrey Leonard
Publisher :
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 39,89 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Environmental Regulation in the New Global Economy
Author : Rhys Jenkins
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,47 MB
Release : 2002-07-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781781950418
Book Description
This book attempts to answer these questions using case studies of three pollution-intensive industries: iron and steel, leather tanning, and fertilizers. Based on in-depth interviews with managers and regulators in Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, the book illustrates the variety of responses to the conflicting pressures of globalization and environmental protection at corporate and industry levels.
EPA Journal
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,1 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN :
Book Description
Internationalization of the Economy and Environmental Policy Options
Author : Paul J.J. Welfens
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 48,5 MB
Release : 2001-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783540421740
Book Description
Internationalization of the economy accelerated at the turn of the century. Growing national, regional, and global environmental problems associated with globalization present new challenges for policy-makers and international cooperation. Crucial problems concern air pollution, environmental problems from trade and transportation, and global warming. This book, based on theoretical and empirical analysis, comes up with new and innovative policy options, including proposals related to the Kyoto protocol.
Reauthorization of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Publisher :
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 43,66 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Insurance, Investment guaranty
ISBN :
Book Description
Industry, Technology and the Environment
Author : DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 22,11 MB
Release : 1995-08
Category : Competition, International
ISBN : 0788121316
Book Description
Analyzes the international competitiveness of U.S. industries that are affected by environmental policies: (1) firms that develop & market environmental technologies & services; & (2) companies that must meet U.S. environmental requirements (especially manufacturing firms). Includes trends in the global environmental market, U.S. competitiveness in environmental technologies & services, environmental requirements, cleaner technology, compliance, regulations, incentives, & government support. Photos, figures & graphs.
Industry and Environment in Latin America
Author : Rhys Jenkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,52 MB
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 1317797620
Book Description
The impact of globalisation on the environment is a much debated issue, reflected in the growing literature on the effects of trade liberalization, the activities of transnational corporations and international finance. Using case-studies from Latin America, this book sets out these debates and presents new empirical evidence on key questions.
Environmental Sociology
Author : Leslie King
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 47,15 MB
Release : 2009-03-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0742565238
Book Description
Environmental Sociology, intended for use in Environmental Sociology courses, uses sociological methods and perspectives to analyze key environmental issues. The reader is organized like an introduction to sociology reader, and comprised of readings that are accessible to and interesting for undergraduates.
The Economics of International Trade and the Environment
Author : Amitrajeet A Batabyal
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 22,43 MB
Release : 2001-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1000738264
Book Description
Issues related to environmental protection and trade liberalization have moved to the forefront of international policy agendas. The Economics of International Trade and the Environment explores - from an economic standpoint - many of the questions that are germane in increasing our knowledge of environmental policy in the presence of international
Pollution and the Struggle for the World Product
Author : H. Jeffrey Leonard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 19,2 MB
Release : 2006-11-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521027640
Book Description
Since the early 1970s, observers have noted that complying with environmental regulations might be a significant new factor in determining the locations of industries involved in world trade. Two related hypotheses have been offered to explain how environmental regulations are altering international comparative advantage in industrial production: first, that stringent regulations push industries out of the United States and other advanced industrial nations; second, that less developed countries compete to attract multinational industries by minimizing their own regulations.
