The theory of regulatory competition suggests a race to the bottom of environmental
standards. This theory, however, has not found much empirical support. Several attempts to …

This article scrutinizes the effects of economic competition on environmental standard levels
in low-regulating states that intensify their economic interlinkage with high-regulating …

The theory of regulatory competition in environmental policy predicts a 'race to the bottom'of
standards. This article tests the theory using environmental output data for 24 countries from …

Responsibility for environmental policy making in Europe has shifted to the EU level to a
remarkable extent. Considering that many of the EU measures aim at levelling the playing …

Concerns about devolving environmental regulatory powers to lower levels of government
permeate debates in the US and Europe about the appropriate level of regulatory authority …

Comparative studies on cross-national policy transfer and diffusion emphasize an
impressing degree of policy convergence in many areas. This holds true, in particular, for the …

Comparative studies on cross-national policy transfer and diffusion emphasize an
impressing degree of policy convergence in many areas. This holds true, in particular, for the …

Our understanding of international competition in regulatory policies has not progressed
much because conventional theories lead to a bewildering range of conclusions. Empirical …

In recent years, there is growing interest in the study of cross-national policy convergence.
Yet we still have a limited understanding of the phenomenon: Do we observe convergence …

This chapter provides the reader with the analytical framework which irrigates the economic
analysis of the European fabric of environmental policy. The analytical framework has four …