Semi-Endogenous Growth and Pollution: No Double Dividend in the Long Term

Pascal Da Costa ()

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Abstract: Literature on endogenous growth shows that a polluting economy can grow sustainably and that a double-dividend or win-win effect comprising growth and the environment is possible. Even with a semi- endogenous growth approach, which occur when the knowledge stock yield falls below the unit in the production of innovations, what happens to sustainability and the double dividend? This paper presents the first semi-endogenous growth model with pollution which answers this very question. We first illustrate that the dynamics of this economy can be sustainable even if its long-term growth rate is exogenous. To ensure the latter, a knowledge stock yield that is greater than a certain strictly positive threshold is required. We then demonstrate that the double dividend is impossible since the level of support for innovation no longer has a positive impact on the long-term growth rate. And the environmental policy always has a negative effect on growth.

Keywords: Croissance semi-endogène; Double-dividende; Innovation; Pollution; Semi-Endogenous Growth; Double Dividend (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-05-22
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