We study a general equilibrium model in which trade is driven by institutional di erences (di erences in environmental distortions) and di ering factor endowments (di erences in production-related environmental stocks). The endogenous evolution of environmental stocks depends on the trade regime and on the extent of environmental distortions in the two countries. The economy can have multiple s...

This paper examines attempts to integrate environmental sustainability goals into the design and implementation of projects funded by the EU Structural Funds programmes in the U.K. between 2000 and 2006. It does so by comparing how the two ―horizontal priorities‖ (environmental sustainability and gender equality) fared in terms of understanding and acceptance by project applicants. It places th...

The Porter hypothesis suggests a win]win situation in the sense that environmental policy improves both environment and competitiveness. The suggestion received strong criticism from economists driven by the idea that if opportunities exist, firms do not have to be triggered by an extra cost. In this paper a model is developed which confirms this point but which also draws attention to some gen...

OBJECTIVES Since the Health Promotion Act was introduced in Korea in 1995, anti-smoking policies and regulations have undergone numerous revisions, and non-smoking areas have gradually been expanded. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a partial legislative ban on adolescent exposure to secondhand smoke using objective urinary cotinine levels in a nationwide representative sa...

Nutrient pollution presents a serious threat to biodiversity conservation. In terrestrial ecosystems, the deleterious effects of nitrogen pollution are increasingly understood and several mitigating environmental policies have been developed. Compared to nitrogen, the effects of increased phosphorus have received far less attention, although some studies have indicated that phosphorus pollution...

BACKGROUND Matching evidence-based alcohol prevention strategies with a community's readiness to support those strategies is the basis for the Tri-Ethnic Community Readiness Model (CRM). The purpose of this evaluation was to assess the association of a community's readiness to address alcohol abuse in their community with the implementation of environmental and policy-based strategies. METHOD...

Some eighty years ago, economists first proposed the use of corrective taxes to internalize environmental and other externalities. Fifty years later, the portfolio of potential economic-incentive instruments was expanded to include quantity-based mechanisms — tradeable permits. Thus, economicincentive approaches to environmental protection are clearly not a new policy idea, and over the past tw...

The environmental impact of a regional trade agreement towards liberalization is an empirical question. The paper estimates the economic and environmental impacts of alternative trade policies of liberalization between six East Asian countries using Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) framework. The finding reveals that Japan will be in a winwin situation followed by Republic of Korea after ta...

The purpose of this study is to introduce the establishment process, policy target, and projects for "Chungnam's master plan on environmental health policy (2017-2020)" as the local government's role in addressing local environmental health challenges. We first analyzed existing studies and social issues on the media related to "Chungnam's master plan" to understand Chungnam's environmental hea...

The concept of eco-efficiency is here presented as a valuable contribution to a sustainable regional development in the European Union. Eco-efficiency and dematerialization strategies are more and more established at the business level where practical and easily understandable methods and management tools have been developed and applied in the past years and decades. On this (micro) level, case...