We study the environmental and economic effects of public abatement in the presence of multiple stable steady-state ecological equilibria. Under shallow-lake dynamics (SLD), the isocline for the stock of pollution features two stable branches, a good and a bad one. Assuming that the ecology is...

Für Ökonomen ist es unbestritten, dass die Umwelt als Rohstofflieferant, Schadstoffaufnahmemedium und Standortfaktor dienen soll, jedoch sollen diese Dienste der Umwelt nicht kostenlos zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Es stellt sich also die Frage, wieviel "Umwelt" ge- bzw. verbraucht werden...

This is Part 2 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth. The paper provides a critical scrutiny of a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth literature. It shows that private-order institutions have not historically...

This is Part 1 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth. The paper provides a critical scrutiny of a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth literature. It shows that private-order institutions have not historically...