The simple analytics of the environmental Kuznets curve:

Evidence suggests that some pollutants follow an inverse-U-shaped pattern relative to countries' incomes. This relationship has been called the out a simple and straight-forward static model of the microfoundations of the pollution-income relationship. We show that the environmental Kuznets cur...

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Beteiligte Personen: Andreoni, James (VerfasserIn), Levinson, Arik (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. 1998
Schriftenreihe:National Bureau of Economic Research <Cambridge, Mass.>: NBER working paper series 6739
Links:http://papers.nber.org/papers/w6739.pdf
Zusammenfassung:Evidence suggests that some pollutants follow an inverse-U-shaped pattern relative to countries' incomes. This relationship has been called the out a simple and straight-forward static model of the microfoundations of the pollution-income relationship. We show that the environmental Kuznets curve can be derived directly from the technological link between consumption of a desired good and abatement of its undesirable byproduct. The inverse-U shape does not depend on the dynamics of growth, political institutions, or even externalities, and can be consistent with a decentralized economy as well as a Pareto efficient policy.
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