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Reconcile the fight against transboundary pollution and economic convergence into an union ?
[Concilier la lutte contre la pollution transfrontalière et la convergence économique dans une union]

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  • Théophile Bassene
  • Albert Millogo

    (UTLN - Université de Toulon)

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In this paper, we focus on the effectiveness of environmental policy in economic union in the presence of transboundary pollution. We seek to determine the environmental policy instrument capable of reconciling effective fight against transboundary pollution and economic convergence. With an overlapping generations modelization, we show that when transboundary pollution emanates from the least developed country of the Union, applying the polluter pays principle leads to a sub-optimal equilibrium from an of view overall. Only a technological cooperation effectively fights against transboundary pollution without compromising the economic convergence process.

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  • Théophile Bassene & Albert Millogo, 2015. "Reconcile the fight against transboundary pollution and economic convergence into an union ? [Concilier la lutte contre la pollution transfrontalière et la convergence économique dans une union]," Working Papers hal-01145356, HAL.
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    Keywords

    H23; Q56 Mots clés : Pollution transfronlière -Convergence économique -Transfert technologique -Modèle à générations imbriquées ; Classication JEL : F15;
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    JEL classification:

    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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