Polluting Technologies and Economic Development

Luisito Bertinelli, Eric Strobl () and Benteng Zou

International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, 2010, vol. 10, issue 1/2, 63-83

Abstract: We study how the import of older and more polluting technologies alters the relationship between output and environmental quality in developing countries within a vintage capital framework. Our results show that old technologies prolong the period until which pollution may eventually decrease and cause this turning point to be reached at a higher level of pollution. An empirical analysis using export data of vintage technologies from the USA and Europe to developing countries supports our theoretical findings.

Keywords: environmental quality; sustainable development; vintage technologies; sustainability; polluting technologies; environmental pollution; economic development; developing countries. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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