A Study on the Issues of the Environment and Labor in the GATT/WTO Disciplines

• Project/Area Number: 18730168
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: JINJI Naoto Okayama University, 大学院・社会文化科学研究科, 准教授 (60345452)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2008
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000); Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
• Keywords: 国際経済学 / 国際貿易 / GATT / WTO / 生産工程・生産方法(PPM) / 生物学的侵入 / 地球温暖化問題 / 国境税調整 / 炭素関税 / 違法伐採 / SPS協定 / 地球温暖化 / 国際貿易論 / WTO協定 / 環境基準 / 労働基準 / 衛生植物検疫(SPS)措置

Research Abstract

国際貿易における争点である「貿易と環境」と「貿易と労働」について経済学的な理論分析を中心に研究を行った.GATT/WTO協定は産品の特性に関連しない生産方法等に基づく貿易制限措置を認めていない.しかし,それらの措置は,森林の違法伐採を減らしたり,労働基準が緩い国に労働基準の強化を促したりする上で一定の効果があることを明らかにした.他方,それらの措置が偽装された保護貿易手段となる可能性があるため,その防止策について更なる検討が必要である.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 地球温暖化対策と国境税調整及び炭素関税 (2009)
  • Author(s): 神事直人
  • Journal Title: 岡山大学経済学会ディスカッション・ペーパー II-67 Pages: 1-21
• [Journal Article] Tariff Revenue Competition in a Free Trade Area : The Case of Asymmetric Large Countries (2007)
  • Author(s): Taiji Furusawa and Naoto Jinji
  • Journal Title: Review of Development Economics 11(2) Pages: 300-312
  • NAID: 120006932969
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] International Trade and Renewable Resources under Asymmetries of Resource Abundance and Resource Management (2007)
  • Author(s): Naoto Jinji
  • Journal Title: Environmental and Resource Economics 37(4) Pages: 621-642
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Tariff Revenue Competidon in a Free Trade Area: The Case of Asymmetric Large Countdes (2007)
  • Author(s): Taiji Furusawa and Naoto Jinji
  • Journal Title: Review of Development Economics 11(2) Pages: 300-312
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] International Trade and Renewable Resources under Asymmetries of Resource Abundance and Resource Management
  • Author(s): Naoto Jinji
  • Journal Title: Environmental and Resource Economics (予定)(確約有り)
• [Presentation] Illegal Extractions of Renewable Resources and Trade (2008)
  • Author(s): 神事直人
  • Organizer: the 42nd Annual Meetings of the Canadian Economics Association
  • Place of Presentation: バンクーバー(カナダ)
  • Year and Date: 2008-06-07
• [Presentation] Illegal Extractions of Renewable Resources and Trade (2008)
  • Author(s): 神事直人
  • Organizer: 42nd Annual Meetings of the Canadian Economics Association
  • Place of Presentation: バンクーバー(カナダ)
  • Year and Date: 2008-06-07
• [Presentation] Illegal Extractions of Renewable Resources and Trade (2007)
  • Author(s): 神事直人
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会2007年度秋季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 2007-09-24
• [Presentation] Illegal Extractions of Renewable Resources and Trade (2007)
  • Author(s): 神事直人
  • Organizer: European Trade Study Group 2007 Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: アテネ(ギリシャ)
  • Year and Date: 2007-09-15
• [Presentation] Illegal Extractions of Renewable Resources and International Trade with Costly Enforcement of Property Rights (2007)
  • Author(s): 神事直人
  • Organizer: Asia Pacific Trade Seminars 2007 Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: 上海(中国)
  • Year and Date: 2007-07-07
• [Presentation] An Economic Theory of the SPS Agreement (2007)
  • Author(s): 神事直人
  • Organizer: 日本国際経済学会中部支部定例研究会/IEFS Japan Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋
  • Year and Date: 2007-01-27
• [Presentation] Strategic Environmental and Trade Policies with Corporate Environmentalism (2006)
  • Author(s): 神事直人
  • Organizer: the 3rd World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists
  • Place of Presentation: 京都
  • Year and Date: 2006-07-05
• [Book] 個人と社会の相克 (2008)
  • Author(s): 土場学(編著)
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房
• [Book] 個人と社会の相克 (2008)
  • Author(s): 土場学
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房