Papers by Sébastien Dessus
Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks, Nov 28, 2005
Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks, Nov 28, 2005
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 1997
This paper analyzes linkages between growth, trade and the environment in Mexican agriculture wit... more This paper analyzes linkages between growth, trade and the environment in Mexican agriculture with an empirical economy-wide model. The investigation considers trade liberalization, environmental policy reform, and their coordination. The analysis decomposes the change in pollution emission induced by changes in the sectoral composition of production, effects of technology on emission intensity, and aggregate scale effects. Outward orientation alone induces a contraction of aggregate agricultural output, but promotes growth and pollution in some agricultural sectors. Overall, free trade does not induce wholesale specialization in dirty agricultural activities. Environmental taxes on pollution emitted in agricultural sectors have a moderate negative impact on agricultural output, except for the tax on water-borne toxic chemicals. More liberal trade combined with targeted effluent taxes can achieve significant environmental mitigation and efficiency gains, but with the implication of a contraction of most agricultural sectors.
Staff General Research Papers Archive, 1998
We investigate the implications of trade liberalization and pollution taxes on aggregate income, ... more We investigate the implications of trade liberalization and pollution taxes on aggregate income, pollution, and natural resource use in Chile with a neoclassical economywide model comprising 75 sectors. The model incorporates 13 measures of pollution effluents which are linked to the use of polluting inputs and energy use. We estimate the economic and environmental impact of Chile's participation in NAFfA, MERCOSUR, of unilateral trade liberalization and effluent taxes. Unilateral trade liberalization induces substantial worsening of pollution emissions and expansion of resource-based sectors, partly because of access to cheaper energy. NAFfA integration is environmentally benign in terms of pollution emissions.
The double-dividend debate evolves around the possibility (or not) of substituting environmental ... more The double-dividend debate evolves around the possibility (or not) of substituting environmental taxes for more distortionary taxes to reduce both pollution degradation and/or damages (the first dividend) and the excess burden of existing taxes (the second dividend), without eroding tax revenues. This paper contributes to the double dividend debate with a formal analysis and some numerical evidence emphasizing trade and environmental distortions. The substitution of environmental taxes for trade distortions has been neglected in the double-dividend debate, which has centered on labor market distortions. Conditions for the existence of a double dividend are derived for different characterizations of preferences and policy menus. We empirically explore the trade/environment double dividend with an applied general equilibrium model of the Chilean economy. The model includes many distortions and a vector of six air pollution effluents, their health incidences and associated damages, whi...
Lebanon Quarterly Update, Sep 1, 2003
Policy Research Working Papers, 2007
The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encoura... more The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2001
and an anonymous referee were also highly appreciated. The views expressed here are those of the ... more and an anonymous referee were also highly appreciated. The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the World Bank. its Executive Directors or the country they represent.
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2002
The restricted access of the Israeli labor market to Palestinian workers is a major negative shoc... more The restricted access of the Israeli labor market to Palestinian workers is a major negative shock for the Palestinian economy, and naturally raises the questions of whether an alternative strategy to exporting labor is feasible and presents at least similar growth opportunities. In this paper, we develop a dynamic general equilibrium model to assess the impact of restricted access to the Israeli labor market on the Palestinian export performance, and in turn, on GDP growth. The results suggest first that exporting large flows of Palestinian workers in Israel tends to reduce the capacity of the Palestinian industry to export goods. Second, that-even under optimistic assumptions on the export-led growth potential of the Palestinian economy-the induced depreciation of the real exchange rate after the closure will not have sufficient growth effects to avoid large per capita income losses. Third, that the adoption of appropriate trade and fiscal policies in this context could significantly magnify the potential growth impact of a real exchange rate depreciation. Fourth, that external assistance is likely to have then a larger developmental impact, than in the case of a reopening of the Israeli labor market to Palestinian workers.
OECD Development Centre Working Papers, 1994
OECD Development Centre Working Papers, 1996
Économie rurale, 1993
[eng] Reform of post-soviet agriculture : a global point of view . Using a global agricultural ap... more [eng] Reform of post-soviet agriculture : a global point of view . Using a global agricultural applied general equilibrium model, this paper analyses the consequences of several scenarios of agricultural reform in the former Soviet Union. In increasing order of sequencing, the scenarios include first, price reform, followed by a reduction of waste in agricultural production, and lastly, an increase in agricultural productivity. With increasing orders of magnitude as each reform is implemented, these reformes lead in general to a reduction in world agricultural prices, a decrease in the former Soviet Union's agricultural imports, a concomitant decrease in agricultural exports of the OECD and some of the key non-OECD agricultural exporters, a reduction of agricultural budgets in the OECD, and a significant increase in welfare in the former Soviet Union. [fre] Cet article analyse les conséquences de réformes possibles de l'agriculture de l'ex-Union Soviétique, à l'aide d'un modèle global d'équilibre général appliqué. Ces scénarios de réformes intègrent d'abord la réforme des prix, cumulée ensuite à la diminution des pertes de la production agricole, pour enfin simuler une amélioration de la productivité jointe aux deux premières réformes. Chacune de ces réformes entraîne une réduction des prix agricoles mondiaux, une diminution des importations agricoles de l'ex-URSS, une diminution des exportations agricoles de l'OCDE et des principaux autres exportateurs du reste du monde. Les budgets des pays de l'OCDE consacrés à l'agriculture sont réduits et le revenu réel en ex-URSS s'accroît.
Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 2008
Discussion papers are not formal publications of the World Bank. They represent preliminary and o... more Discussion papers are not formal publications of the World Bank. They represent preliminary and often unpolished results of country analysis and research. Circulation is intended to encourage discussion and comments; citation and the use of the paper should take account of its provisional character. The findings and conclusions of the paper are entirely those of the authors and should not be attributed to the World Bank, its affiliated organizations, or to members of its Board of Executive Directors or the countries they represent.
Journal of Economic Integration, 2004
The West Bank and Gaza have been occupied by Israel since 1967. As a result, it experienced a dee... more The West Bank and Gaza have been occupied by Israel since 1967. As a result, it experienced a deep integration of its factor and goods markets with the richer economy of Israel. However, such an integration did not bring significant "dynamic" gains. Time series analysis indeed suggest that productivity growth hardly contributed to Palestinian GDP. Besides, the decomposition of income convergence patterns with Israel implies a rather unusual phenomenon of divergence in productivity. Economies of adaptation and scale that could have been encouraged by greater integration with Israel remained scarce, or were offset by opposite forces.
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