T management of toxic waste has become an increasingly global business. The worldwide generation of hazardous waste is currently around 440 million tons, of which an estimated 10 percent makes its way across international boundaries.1 A variety of industries generate toxic wastes, ranging from chemicals to electronics and from plastics to metal plating. These toxic wastes have adverse affects o...

How do international trade institutions shape social regulations? I develop a dynamic model of domestic regulation under international trade institutions. While international trade institutions invalidate harmful protectionist regulations, they could also indirectly increase regulation by inducing citizens to dismantle domestic institutional constraints on it. If the total effect is a reduction...