Does agglomeration influence the growth capacity of cities? Would an excessive agglomeration diminish this capacity? In … the document the factors determining the growth of Spanish cities from 1981 to 2000 are examined. From recent theoretical … the large cities indicate that the initial conditions of 1981 effectively influence the capacity for growth of these …

used in the abatement sector determines the existence and the direction of the growth-effect. A tighter environmental tax …

We analyze the efficiency of urbanization patterns in a dynamic model of endogenous urban growth with two sectors of … equilibrium, compared to the efficient urbanization path, if economic growth implies increasing aggregate emissions. If, on the … other hand, production becomes cleaner over time (`quality growth') the urbanization path approximates the efficient outcome …

(both the size and the “direction”) on the long-run growth driven by human capital accumulation à la Lucas (1988), when the …. decreases) the BGP rate of growth. When abatement services are produced with the final output, the environmental taxation does … not influence growth. …