How Effective are Emission Taxes
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*Ishikawa: Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8601, Japan. Fax: 81-42-580-8195; E-mail: [email protected]. Kuroda: Nagoya Gakuin University, Seto, Aichi 480-1298, Japan. Phone: 81-561-42-0350; E-mail: [email protected]. We are grateful to an anonymous referee, seminar participants at Nagoya Gakuin University and RIETI and the participants of Kobe COE One-Day Conference on Labor Mobility and International Trade, and of Asia Pacific Trade Seminars (APTS) 2005 for helpful comments. The remaining errors are our own responsibility. Jota Ishikawa acknowledges the financial support from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan under both the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research and the 21st Century COE Project.
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