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This paper explores the trade-off between economic growth and environmental quality along two paradigms of endogenous growth theory: variety expansion (HIP) and quality improvements (VIP). We compare the policies that match the decentralised economies' paths with the optimal "strong sustainable"...
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This paper studies Krugman's (1991) core-periphery model and extends it to include environmental pollution. We present … local environmental pollution, a third and more realistic type of equilibrium may occur in which most of the manufacturing …
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equilibrium framework. We investigate the impact of pollution by focusing on the interaction between location advantages and … negative pollution externalities associated with local production. We distinguish between two goods (food and manufactures) and … activity tends to become less attractive with pollution, and thus less likely. Moreover, we provide a simple necessary and …
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local pollutant. Governments use environmental policies, i.e., an emissions standard or a tax, to control pollution and for … demand, the cost of abatement and the damage caused from pollution. Under these modes of uncertainty we derive sufficient …
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In this article we extend the recent literature on overlapping generations with a pollution sector by allowing … generations to have a certain pollution perception with regards to the stock of pollution. Pollution perception, assumed to be … part of the generations' preferences, can be either a concern for the flow of pollution only, or for the stock, or anything …
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potential explana- tion of an N-shaped pollution-income relation. Finally, it is shown that the model is compatible with most …
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Environmental pollution adversely affects children’s probability to survive to adulthood, reduces thus parental … inequality and pollution on children’s health may be amplified, if the population group that is least affected decides about tax …
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This paper discusses the merits and limits of the recent European energy policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions, devoting particular attention to the European Trading System of carbon permits and to the measures that the European Union has adopted to promote renewable energy sources. From the...
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production. Production exhibits increasing returns to scale on aggregate. Urban environmental pollution, as a force that …
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This chapter examines the patterns of consumption and production in the Philippines and analyses their impact on the environment and climate, with a view to finding out whether they are environmentally sustainable or not. It presents the initial findings of the author's research on the topic of...
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