This paper investigates the link between development, economic growth, and the economic losses from natural disasters … development and slower than income at high levels of development. In that case, increasing risk-taking reinforces economic growth … disaster – to increase faster than economic growth; (iii) the average annual losses to grow faster than income at low levels of …

. Finally, and more optimistically, when we consider our results in the context of institutions and growth, we conclude that … there is a possibility of reaching a double dividend. Reductions in corruption would induce both higher growth rates and … development. …

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 …