Sustainable growth in a model with dual-rate discounting

Kirill Borissov and Kirill Shakhnov

Economic Modelling, 2011, vol. 28, issue 4, 2071-2074

Abstract: In an important model of growth and pollution proposed by Stokey [Int. Econ. Rev. 39 (1998) 1] neither the rate of economic growth nor the rate of growth of emissions depends on the time preference of the representative agent, which seems somewhat paradoxical. To resolve this paradox, we introduce into Stokey's model the assumption of dual-rate discounting, prove the existence of a sustainable balanced growth optimal path, and show that the growth rates of output and emissions are increasing in the proportion between the consumption and the environmental discount factors of the representative agent.

Keywords: Growth; Pollution; Discounting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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