We construct an endogenous growth model with productive public capital and government debt, in which government debt is gradually adjusted to the target level. We examine how the governmentfs debt reductions affect the transitional dynamics and welfare of the economy. We show that fiscal...

We examine the effects of environmental policies such as a subsidy for reforestation and an export-income tax in a small open economy with a re- newable resource. In the small economy, the harvested renewable resources are exported to acquire foreign assets and consumers can invest in the...

We construct an endogenous growth model with productive public capital and government debts where government debts are gradually adjusted to target level. We examine how debt-reductions of the government affect the transitional dynamics and welfare of the economy. Fiscal consolidation has...

The accumulation of pollution negatively impacts human health. Extreme increases in pollution, in particular, may have lethal implications for human beings|and, indeed, all living organisms. This paper thus devises a new model of economic growth that takes into account these lethal effects of...

This paper constructs a small economy version of dynamic Heckscher-Ohlin models with overlapping generations and analyzes effects of capital income taxation on the specialization pattern of the country. It is shown that once international asset trade is allowed, in the presence of international...