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Economic growth and the diffusion of clean technologies : explaining environmental Kuznets

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Sjak Smulders () (Tilburg University, Department of Economics)
Lucas Bretschger () (Institute of Economic Research (WIF), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH))
Hannes Egli () (Institute of Economic Research (WIF), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH))

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Abstract

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.

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Paper provided by CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich in its series Economics working paper series with number 05/42.

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Keywords: Environmental Kuznets curve general purpose technology growth intrasectoral shifts

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O41 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
Q20 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - General

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