A Cournot-Nash oligopoly model is used to study self-regulation of industrial pollution emissions. Consumers have … solutions. A firm's incentive to voluntarily abate pollution is a price increase which can be realised by installing abatement …

We explore the links between migration of labour and location specific (urban) pollution, suggesting a sense in which … pollution can be welfare improving. In a conventional Harris-Todaro model of urban-rural migration, individuals migrate so as to … endogenously determined. Interpreting unemployment as damage, urban pollution (damage denoted in units of labour) can also support …

This paper studies Krugman's (1991) core-periphery model and extends it to include environmental pollution. We present … of all manufacturing firms in one region are possible in Krugman's (1991) model. It is shown that, in a model including … local environmental pollution, a third and more realistic type of equilibrium may occur in which most of the manufacturing …

This paper examines the link between pollution and income. It shows how income inequality affects environmental … policies and therefore pollution. The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis proposes that there is an inverted U …

This paper analyzes stochastic productive pollution within a model of endogenous growth. The extent to which the agents … perceive their individual influence on aggregate pollution is parameterized. Recursive preferences allow for the separation … stochastic pollution tax, which is uncorrelated with the technological uncertainty of pollution, is compared with a pure …

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 …

either mitigate the health consequences of domestic pollution privately or reduce pollution collectively through public … ordinary citizens. The recognition that the health consequences of pollution can be dealt with privately at a cost adds an … private mitigation is feasible, inequality of incomes leads to an unequal distribution of the health burden of pollution (in …

This paper analyzes the impact of pollution and abatement policy within a stochastic endogenous growth model. The …

The relationship between per capita income and a number of pollution indicators has been found to display an inverted U …-shaped or downward-sloping pattern. Corruption may affect this relationship in two distinct ways: by raising pollution at given …. Using cross section data for several indicators of pollution, the paper estimates the direct and the indirect effect of …

sociological and political theory, this comprehensive volume provides hard data and empirical research that traces the power and …