(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. …

This work examines the impact that economic growth can have on biodiversity and on the ecological dynamics that would …

We examine empirically the effect of natural resource abundance on economic growth. We find that natural resources have … a negative impact on growth when considered in isolation, but a positive impact on growth when including in the analysis … indirect effect on growth, that is, when we examine possible transmission channels, we find a strong negative effect of natural …

North and South. Instrumental variables estimates show that social capital affects growth both directly and through … growth in the Italian regions. …

, which are one of the keys to the growth process: the economy can be discontinuously innovation-oriented due to the different …

political economy perspective. We consider an endogenous growth economy, where growth generates pollution and a deterioration of … the environment. Public expenditures may either be devoted to supporting growth or abating pollution. The decision over …, the less she will tax and devote resources to the environment, preferring to support growth. …

the 22 leading microfinance institutions in two climate vulnerable countries – Bangladesh and Nepal - are analysed to …