PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Fernandez, Linda
TI  - Revealed Preferences of an International Trade and Environment Institution
AID  - 10.2307/3654740
DP  - 2004 May 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 224--238
VI  - 80
IP  - 2
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/80/2/224.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/80/2/224.full
SO  - Land Econ2004 May 01; 80
AB  - International cooperation on environmental problems is examined through the factors influencing a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) institution’s decisions over environmental problems along the U.S.-Mexico border. An econometric study relates the approval by the NAFTA institution of environmental improvement projects to observed attributes of the proposed projects. Results show strong preference for projects solving trans-boundary wastewater pollution and the polluter pays principle. The institution does not prefer projects that generate revenues nor minimize costs. Bi-national grants and loans dominate the funding for approved projects, implying both countries pay. More U.S. projects have been approved than projects from Mexico. (JEL F18)