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Explaining environmental Kuznets curves : how pollution induces policy and new technologies

Smulders, Sjak (contributor); Bretschger, Lucas (contributor) - 2000

Production often causes pollution as a by-product. Once pollution problems become too severe, regulation is introduced by political authorities which forces the economy to make a transition to cleaner production processes. We model this transition as a change in "general purpose technology"...

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A Simple Dynamic Model of the Environmental Kuznets Curve : Turning Point and Public Policy

Egli, Hannes; Steger, Thomas Michael - 2013

We set up a simple dynamic macroeconomic model with (i) polluting consumption and a preference for a clean environment, (ii) increasing returns in abatement giving rise to an EKC and (iii) sustained growth resulting from a linear final-output technology. The model captures two sorts of market...

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Environmental Kuznets Curves : A Study on the Economic Theory and Political Economy of Environmental Quality Improvements in the Course of Economic Growth

Vogel, Michael P. - 1999

Environmental Kuznets Curves - one of the most controversial issues of current environmental economics - suggest that economic growth may lead to environmental quality improvements. Why and under which circumstances this may be so, are the questions addressed in this book. The approach taken is...

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Explaining environmental Kuznets curves : how pollution induces policy and new technologies

Bretschger, Lucas; Smulders, Sjak - 2000

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Environment, growth, and FDI revisited

Neequaye, Nii Amon; Oladi, Reza - In: International review of economics & finance : IREF 39 (2015), pp. 47-56

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Corruption, growth, and the environment : a cross-country analysis

Welsch, Heinz - 2003

-shaped or downward-sloping pattern. Corruption may affect this relationship in two distinct ways: by raising pollution at given … corruption on pollution. The indirect effect via income is positive or negative depending on the income level. If negative, the … corruption. Because this relationship is particularly strong at low income levels, developing countries can considerably improve …

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