Growth in an OLG Economy with Polluting Non-Renewable Resources

Nicolas Clootens

Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2021, issue 141, 3-22

Abstract: This paper analyses the effects of flow pollution implied by the use of necessary non-renewable resources, fossil fuel for example, on overlapping generations (OLG) economies. Notably, it shows that, on the balanced growth path, flow pollution reduces the (negative) resources contribution to growth and increases resources conservation, capital accumulation, and growth. Flow pollution thus increases the ability of an economy to sustain a non-decreasing consumption path. Some of the results are due to (or magnified by) the OLG structure of the economy. In addition, the paper highlights the need for public intervention and shows that the optimal allocation may be decentralized using a tax on resources use and transfers

Keywords: Non-renewable Resources; Growth; Pollution; Overlapping Generations. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q32 Q38 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.15609/annaeconstat2009.141.0003

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