Environmental Protection without Loss of International Competitiveness

We develop a two-country Cournot oligopoly model with product differentiation across countries and production-generated pollution. The abatement of pollution by the firms in response to emission taxes is endogenous, and the number of firms can be fixed or there may be free entry and exit of firms in both countries. We propose particular unilateral and multilateral piecemeal policy reforms of emission taxes and production subsidies such that domestic industries will not suffer any loss of international competitiveness (defined in terms of either market share or profits), emission levels will be lower and welfare could be higher in both countries.