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Polluting technologies and sustainable economic development

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Luisito Bertinelli () (CREA, Université du Luxembourg)
Eric Strobl () (Ecole Polytechnique Paris)
Benteng Zou () (Institute of Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University)

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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 US and Europe to developing countries supports our theoretical findings.

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Paper provided by Bielefeld University, Institute of Mathematical Economics in its series Working Papers with number 379.

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Keywords: environmental quality; sustainable development; vintage technologies;

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O13 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
O33 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounting

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