Environmental Mortality and Long-Run Growth

Ulla Lehmijoki () and Elena Rovenskaya ()
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Ulla Lehmijoki: University of Helsinki, HECER, and IZA
Elena Rovenskaya: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

A chapter in Dynamic Systems, Economic Growth, and the Environment, 2010, pp 239-258 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract There is emerging evidence that environmental degradation increases human mortality. This paper provides a long-run consumer optimization model in which mortality is endogenous to emissions generated by production. Emissions are assumed to follow the EKC path, first rising and then falling along with output. In the optimum, some deaths are accepted as an exchange for consumption. The model is estimated for the European outdoor air pollution data, showing that Europe has reached the downward sloping segment of the EKC. Economic growth will thus decrease rather than increase pollution in the future. Nevertheless, continuous population growth may increase the number of deaths in some countries.

Keywords: Capital Stock; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Phase Line; Pontryagin Maximum Principle; Emission Function (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02132-9_12

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