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Pollution as a source of endogenous fluctuations and periodic welfare inequality in OLG economies

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  • Thomas Seegmuller
  • Alban Verchere

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This article examines the conditions under which endogenous fluctuations and periodic welfare inequality can emerge in OLG economies having an environmental dimension.

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  • Thomas Seegmuller & Alban Verchere, 2002. "Pollution as a source of endogenous fluctuations and periodic welfare inequality in OLG economies," Working Papers of BETA 2002-18, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
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    Keywords

    Endogenous fluctuations; Environmental quality; Intergenerational equity;
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    JEL classification:

    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • Q20 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - General

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