Unilateral Transfrontier Pollution: The Role of Economic Interdependence
研究了污染国与被污染国之间的经济相互依赖关系如何影响跨境污染问题的解决，指出在没有国际责任法的情况下，经济相互依赖可能导致事实上的“弱国付费”原则。
An examination of the nature of the economic interdependence between polluting and polluted countries provides insight into how a particular case of transfrontier pollution (TFP) is likely to be resolved in the absence of an international liability law, since it would indicate if the use of leverage were possible or if bribe-type policies must be used instead. The economic literature on TFP focuses on the externality characteristics of TFP and the development of solutions that are relevant only to areas where a central authority capable of resolving the dispute exists. The author suggests that economists might contribute more to the discussion of actual disputes by focusing on the implications of economic interdependence instead. One implication is the existence of a de facto weaker-country pays principle. 21 references.