This paper constructs an overlapping generations model of pollution externality wherein individuals are altruistically linked to their offspring as in Barro (1974). It is shown that steady state consumption may be a decreasing function of the intergenerational degree of altruism. Despite...

The debate about whether culture should be subsidized or not is far from being recent, and though problems and approaches vary across countries, most governments are in favour of supporting the arts in one way or the other. The literature considers several arguments in favour of such subsidies....

L'objet de cet article est d'approfondir la question de la definition de la solvabilite de l'Etat. A la question, jusqu'où l'Etat peut-il s'endetter ? nous repondons que l'endettement public acceptable, ne conduisant pas à la faillite, est celui qui reste compatible avec un fonctionnement...

We study a selection method for a Nash feedback equilibrium of a one-dimensional linear-quadratic nonzero sum game over an infinite horizon: by introducing a change in the time variable, one obtains an associated game over a finite horizon T 0 and with free terminal state. This associated game...

This paper analyzes the macroeconomic effects of the patent system within the framework of an endogenous growth model with new products development. We assume that patents not only represent a commercial protection for innovators but also entail a partial property right on information.

This paper addresses the issue of optimal population with two concerns: avoiding both the absolute repugnant solution that amounts to giving to an infinite number an infinitesimal amount and the marginal repugnant solution in which equilibrium consumption decreases with income. To avoid these...

This paper examines the pattern of capital mobility in a two-country overlapping generations world in which production uses three inputs capital, labor and land. The steady-state welfare consequences of opening countries to financial capital or labor mobility are then compared. In particular, it...

Nous donnons un exemple de jeu differentiel en horizon fini possedant une multiplicite d'equilibres de Nash et donnons un critere permettant de selectionner l'un d'entre eux en utilisant un jeu associe en horizon fini.

Nous montrons dans cet article que les contraintes de salaire minimum legal peuvent exercer des influences favorables sans qu'il soit necessaire de faire reference a des externalites. Plus precisement, si l'economie concurrentielle admet plusieurs equilibres stationnaires, il existe toujours un...