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The Consequences of a One-Sided Externality in a Dynamic, Two-Agent Framework

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  • Georg Müller-Fürstenberger
  • Ingmar Schumacher

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We develop a dynamic model where all agents contribute to a global externality, but only those in a specific region suffer from it. We model this in a dynamic setting via a two agent, non-cooperative overlapping generations model and analyze the consequences for economic growth and intertemporal choices. We find that multiple steady states may result from this asymmetry. In particular, if the agent who is affected by the externality has to spent a large share of his income to offset it, then he may be stuck in an environmental poverty trap. We provide conditions for the existence of, and local convergence to, the equilibria, as well as a condition for the global convergence to the poverty trap. While, in addition to maintenance expenditures, externalities tend to be addressed via studying taxes, investment in R&D or alike, we focus on capital market integration. Specically, agents in the affected region can open up their capital market to enable capital inflows. We investigate whether an open capital market improves or worsens their welfare. While we do find that capital market integration eliminates the environmental poverty trap, we show that capital market integration is not always in both agents' interest. In particular, we provide conditions under which the agents prefer autarkic or integrated capital markets.

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  • Georg Müller-Fürstenberger & Ingmar Schumacher, 2017. "The Consequences of a One-Sided Externality in a Dynamic, Two-Agent Framework," Working Papers 2017-001, Department of Research, Ipag Business School.
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    Keywords

    overlapping generations; poverty trap; capital market integration; environmental quality;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q27 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Issues in International Trade
    • 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
    • F2 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business

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