Agriculture, Trade, and the Environment: Discovering and Measuring the Critical Linkages

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface viii
• Part One - Introduction 1
• 1 - Introduction 3
• Part Two - Discovering the Critical Linkages: Trade, International Institutions and the Environment 11
• 2 - Trade and the Environment: Exploring the Critical Linkages 13
• Introduction 13
• Concluding Comment 22
• Note 22
• 3 Trade and Environment: A Tale of Two Paradigms 23
• Notes 36
• References 36
• 4 - Gatt from the Trenches 39
• 5 Competitiveness, Harmonization, and the Global Ecolonomy 47
• Notes 56

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface viii
• Part One - Introduction 1
• 1 - Introduction 3
• Part Two - Discovering the Critical Linkages: Trade, International Institutions and the Environment 11
• 2 - Trade and the Environment: Exploring the Critical Linkages 13
• Introduction 13
• Concluding Comment 22
• Note 22
• 3 Trade and Environment: A Tale of Two Paradigms 23
• Notes 36
• References 36
• 4 - Gatt from the Trenches 39
• 5 Competitiveness, Harmonization, and the Global Ecolonomy 47
• Notes 56
• 6 Environmental Side Agreements: Will They Take Center Stage? 59
• Conclusions 76
• Notes 76
• References 77
• Part Three - Discovering the Critical Linkages: Trade, Renewable Resources and International Environmental Goods 79
• 7 - International Dimensions of Environmental Policy 81
• Introduction 81
• Notes 95
• References 95
• 8 Property Rights and the Dynamics of North-South Trade 97
• Conclusions 106
• Appendix 107
• References 109
• 9 Environment, Welfare and Gains from Trade: A North-South Model in General Equilibrium 111
• Conclusions 129
• Appendix: Simulation Results for the Example Economy 131
• References 135
• 10 Quantifying Trade and Environment Linkages Through Economywide Modeling 137
• Notes 147
• References 148
• Part Four - Measuring the Critical Linkages 149
• 11 - On Measuring the Environmental Impact of Agricultural Trade Liberalization 151
• Introduction 151
• Conclusions 169
• References 169
• 12 Empirical Foundations for Environment-Trade Linkages: Implications of an Andean Study 173
• References 196
• 13 Environmental Policies in Europe and the Effect on the Balance of Trade 199
• Conclusions 212
• References 212
• 14 Environmental Regulation and the Competitiveness of U.S. Agriculture 215
• Summary 228
• References 229
• 15 Trade Implication of the Eu Nitrate Directive: An Emerging Research Priority 231
• Conclusions 241
• Notes 241
• References 241
• 16 International Environmental Indicators: Trade, Income, and Endowments 243
• Notes 276
• Part Five - Key Questions and Research Needs 279
• 17 - Key Questions 281
• Introduction 281
• Notes 292
• References 293
• 18 Research Needs 295
• Note 299
• References 299
• 19 Reflections on Research Needs 301
• About the Contributors and Editors 309
• About the Book 311