Green Industrial Policy: Trade and Theory

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Larry S. Karp

University of California, Berkeley

Megan T. Stevenson

University of Virginia School of Law

Date Written: October 1, 2012

Abstract

This paper studies the reality and the potential for green industrial policy. It provides a summary of the green industrial policies, broadly understood, for five countries. It then considers the relation between green industrial policies and trade disputes, emphasizing the Brazil-United States dispute involving ethanol and the broader United States-China dispute. The theory of public policy provides many lessons for green industrial policy. The authors highlight four of these lessons, involving the Green Paradox, the choice of quantities versus prices with endogenous investment, the coordination issues arising from emissions control, and the ability of green industrial policies to promote cooperation in reducing a global public bad like carbon emissions.

Keywords: Climate Change Economics, Environmental Economics & Policies, Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases, Energy Production and Transportation, Economic Theory & Research

Suggested Citation

Karp, Larry S. and Stevenson, Megan, Green Industrial Policy: Trade and Theory (October 1, 2012). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6238, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2165676

Larry S. Karp (Contact Author)

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Megan Stevenson

University of Virginia School of Law ( email )

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