In Colombia, deforestation is one of the most relevant environmental problems, and the cultivation of illicit coca … approaches to address coca-related deforestation in Colombia. It takes into account the country's current public policy framework … has recently been found in the environmentally sensitive Special Management Zones of Colombia (such as protected areas and …

Physically, pollution occurs because it is virtually impossible to have a productive process that involves no waste …; economically, pollution occurs because polluting is less expensive than operating cleanly. This chapter explores the sources and … consequences of, and remedies for, pollution and associated environmental damages. If all goods had well-defined property rights …

endogenous growth model. Individuals take only part of their impact on pollution into account, hence there is a negative … externality of capital accumulation on environmental quality. Increasing wealth or increasing pollution enhance green attitude and … reduce the externality, because individuals care more about the environment if their income is higher or if pollution is more …

"environmental" output tax levied on the polluting firm's output, as well as the effect of government spending on pollution abatement … over the cycle. In particular, a positive shock to pollution emission in the model works like a positive technological …, but less so along the environmental dimension, so more research is needed to understand the aggregate effects of pollution. …