On the optimal control of pollution in a human capital growth model

Stefano Bosi and Lionel Ragot (lragot@parisnanterre.fr)

No 2013-25, EconomiX Working Papers from University of Paris Nanterre, EconomiX

Abstract: On the one hand, the adoption of polluting technologies can enhance the factor productivity; on the other hand, pollution lowers the stock of human capital by weakening physical and mental performances, and short-ening the life expectancy at the end. To capture the impact of pollution on economic growth, we compute the optimal policy in an endogenous growth model `a la Lucas (1988) and we study the effects of pollution in the short and the long run.

Keywords: pollution; human capital; endogenous growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D90 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 2013
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Journal Article: On the Optimal Control of Pollution in a Human Capital Growth Model (2013)
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Working Paper: On the optimal control of pollution in a human capital growth model (2013)
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