This paper constructs an overlapping generations model of pollution externality wherein individuals are altruistically linked to their offspring as in Barro (1974). It is shown that steady state consumption may be a decreasing function of the intergenerational degree of altruism. Despite...

The debate about whether culture should be subsidized or not is far from being recent, and though problems and approaches vary across countries, most governments are in favour of supporting the arts in one way or the other. The literature considers several arguments in favour of such subsidies....

We construct a R&D based endogenous growth model within an overlapping generations framework. We study the properties of the long run growth rate. We define endogenous growth as an equilibrium in which the long run growth rate is always stricly larger than zero. Then, we show that endogenous...

This paper examines the patterns of economic integration and endogenous growth in a two-country overlapping generations world in which the formation of childrn's human capital is financed by parents. It explores the influence of cross-border external effects in human capital on growth....

This paper studies the equilibrium dynamics of an overlapping generations model with capital, money and cash-in-advance constraints. At each date the economy can experience two different regimes. In the first one the cash-in-advance constraint is binding and money is a dominated asset. In the...

This paper explains why workers retire earlier, and earlier at the same time as society becomes more and more indebted through increasing pay-as-you-go pension liabilities. To do so, we extend the standard two-overlapping-generations growth model to allow for endogenous labor participation in...

This paper is a study of money in overlapping generations models with cash-in-advance constraints a la Champ and Freeman and Hahn and Solow. We first offer a brief review of different features of the cash-in-advance constraint. Then we propose a general formulation. We show that neutrality of...

This paper constructs a two-country overlapping generations model with two distinct fiat monies in which seigniorage revenues are used to finance a local public good. Countries differ both in endowments and in the preference for the public good. Under perfect mobility of financial assets...

This paper looks at the issue of existence and stability of steady state equilibria in an overlapping generations model with productive capital (a-la Diamond) augmented to include endogenous labour supply. The paper derives necessary and sufficient conditions under which a steady state...

We consider an overlapping generations model of small open economy with Harrod neutral technical progress. If the interest rate is less that the growth rate, intergenerational public transfers increase welfare of some generations and reduce welfare of others.