the relationships between population development, economic dynamics and environmental pollution are complex due to various … long-run steady state is optimal that is characterized by a stable pollution stock, and by population and economic growth … rates depending on the possibilities of emission abatement and technical progress due to human capital accumulation. We …

both cases the decentralized outcome is not optimal due to two externalities: one occurs in the individual decision on … is qualitatively different. The different types of population externalities require different policy instruments in order …

world system to 'deliver' a given amount of democracy, economic growth, gender equality, human development, research and … indicators, derived from sociological dependency and world systems theories, we also test the predictive power of several other …

income in pollution abatement technology (PAT) which artificially increases the rate of regeneration of the environmental … the government but not to agents, an income tax which finances abatement expenditures may increase steady state utility …-aversion are both low enough; 3) when PAT is available, the market chooses to devote a higher fraction of income to abatement than …

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 …

growth. Consumption growth is considered under welfare and sustainability aspects. The framework features capital … accumulation and the sectoral structure of the economy as key elements to cope with resource scarcity and pollution. Model …- velopment. Critical issues for sustainability are insufficient foresight, increasing damage intensity, and suboptimal policy …

This paper asks whether population growth is conducive to the sustainability of cooperation. A simple model is … of the sustainability of cooperation of the appearance of the mutants in a population that is not growing, and in one …