Economic growth and the diffusion of clean technologies: Explaining Environmental Kuznets Curves

Arbeitspapier

Production often causes pollution as a by-product. Once environmental degra- dation becomes too severe, regulation is introduced by which society forces the economy to make a transition to cleaner production processes. We model this transition as a change in "general purpose technology" and investigate how it interferes with economic growth driven by quality-improvements. The model gives an explanation for the inverted U-shaped pollution-income relation found in empirical research for many pollutants (Environmental Kuznets Curve). We provide an analytical foundation for the claim that the rise and decline of pol- lution can be explained by policy-induced technology shifts and intrasectoral changes.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Economics Working Paper Series ; No. 05/42

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models ; Renewable Resources and Conservation: General
• Thema: Environmental Kuznets curve ; general purpose technology ; growth ; intrasectoral shifts ; Umweltbelastung ; Umwelttechnik ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Theorie ; Environmental Kuznets Curve

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Smulders, Sjak ; Bretschger, Lucas ; Egli, Hannes
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): ETH Zurich, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research
• (wo): Zurich
• (wann): 2005

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.3929/ethz-a-005025364
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/171486
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ