Achim Körber - Böcker

In this book, Achim Korber carefully examines the influence of environmental policy on trade policy. He explores environmental protectionism and models it using public choice theory.The author focuses on:a theoretical analysis of ecological protectionism and the potential misuse of environmental regulation as a tool to gain competitive advantagea comprehensive case study on the tuna-dolphin cases of the GATT/WTO. The study reveals that the US legislation was not - as it was widely perceived - a victory for the environmentalists but for the billion dollar industry of the US tuna canneriesan in-depth literature survey on various approaches to protectionism including an analysis of lobbying models including the contest-success function.The Political Economy of Environmental Protectionism, with its wealth of new material, will be of great interest to environmental, political, and trade economists as well as policymakers and researchers.