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The Simple Analytics of the Environmental Kuznets Curve / James Andreoni, Arik Levinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Andreoni, James.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w6739.
- NBER working paper series no. w6739
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1998.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- September 1998.
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