that the influence of environment on optimal growth in the long-run may be explained by the detrimental effect of pollution … on life expectancy. It also shows that, in such a case, greener preferences are growth- and welfare-improving even if the …

This article investigates the influence of environmental policy on growth assuming that the channel of transmission … (1985) where growth is driven by a mechanism à la Romer (1986). We demonstrate that environmental policy has an ambiguous … effect on growth in the steady-state when the detrimental impact of pollution on health and lifetime is taken into account …

Data on the growth performances of countries with similar comparative (dis)advantage and political institutions reveal … a striking variation across world regions. While some former autocracies such as the East Asian growth miracles have …

degradation increases in the early stages of growth, but it eventually decreases as income exceeds a threshold level. The present …

diffuses spatially across locations. The result is an endogenous growth theory that can shed light on the link between the …

taxation and the economic activity (level- and growth-output) becomes inverted-U shaped, when the detrimental impact of …, a tighter environmental tax is more likely to promote (rather than to harm) output-level and –growth when health is very …