Endogenous Population and Environmental Quality

Phu NGUYEN van

Working Papers of BETA from Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg

Abstract: This paper provides with empirical and theoretical studies of the relationship between population, economic growth and environmental quality. Using a simple endogenous growth model we obtain results close to empirical findings. We show existence of a sustainable balanced growth path (BGP) equilibrium in which perpetual economic growth goes in parallel with environmental quality preservation. At the BGP equilibrium, when all exogenous factors are controlled, a negative relationship between fertility rate and economic growth (termed neo-Malthusian relationship) and a negative relationship between population growth rate and environmental quality emerge.

Keywords: Environmental quality; Endogenous population; Endogenous growth; Deforestation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 C21 J13 O13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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