On impatience, economic growth and the environmental Kuznets curve: A dynamic analysis of resource management

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-152

  Chavas, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamics; economic growth; environmental Kuznets curve; impatience

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION; KUZNETS CURVE;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INVESTMENTS; NATURAL RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; KUZNETS CURVE; POVERTY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 4043135980     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EARE.0000029913.49860.e3     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Agras, J. and D. Chapman (1999), 'A Dynamic Approach to the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis', Ecological Economics 28, 267-277.
2. Andreoni, J. and A. Levinson (2001), 'The Simple Analytics of the Environmental Kuznets Curve', Journal of Public Economics 80, 269-286.
3. Barro, R.J. (1990), 'Government Spending in a Simple Model of Endogenous Growth', Journal of Political Economy 86, S103-S125.
4. Becker, R.A. and J.H. Boyd III (1997), Capital Theory, Equilibrium Analysis and Recursive Utility. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers.
5. Benhabib, J. and K. Nishimura (1985), 'Competitive Equilibrium Cycles', Journal of Economic Theory 35, 284-306.
6. Benhabib, J., M. Majundar and K. Nishimura (1987), 'Global Equilibrium Dynamics with Stationary Recursive Preferences', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 8, 429-452.
7. Boldrin, M. and L. Montrucchio (1986), 'On the Indeterminacy of Capital Accumulation Path', Journal of Economic Theory 40, 26-39.
8. Boyd, J.H. III (1996), 'The Existence of Steady States in Multisector Capital Accumulation Models with Recursive Preferences', Journal of Economic Theory 71, 289-297.
9. Cole, M.A., A.J. Rayner and J.M. Bates (1997), 'The Environmental Kuznets Curve: An Empirical Analysis', Environmental and Development Economics 2, 401-416.
10. Copeland, B.R. and M.S. Taylor (2002), 'Trade, Growth and the Environment', Working paper, University of British Columbia.
11. Clark, C.W. (1990), Mathematical Bioeconomics. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
12. Deaton, A. and J. Muellbauer (1980), Economics and Consumer Behavior. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
13. De Bruyn, S.M. (1997), 'Explaining the Environmental Kuznets Curve: Structural Change and International Agreements in Reducing Sulphur Emissions', Environment and Development Economics 2, 485-503.
14. De Bruyn, S.M., J.C.J.M. van den Bergh and J.B. Opschoor (1998), 'Economic Growth and Emissions: Reconsidering the Empirical Basis of Environmental Kuznets Curves', Ecological Economics 25, 161-175.
15. Deneckere, R. and S. Pelikan (1986), 'Competitive Chaos', Journal of Economic Theory 40, 13-25.
16. Dolmas, J. (1996), 'Balanced-Growth-Consistent Recursive Utility', Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 20, 657-680.
17. Epstein, L.G. and J.A. Hynes (1983), 'The Rate of Time Preference and Dynamic Economic Analysis', Journal of Political Economy 91, 611-635.
18. Fisher, I. (1930), The Theory of Interest. New York: Macmillan Co.
19. Grossman, G.M. and A.B. Krueger (1995), 'Economic Growth and the Environment', Quarterly Journal of Economics 110, 353-377.
20. Hayek, F.A. (1941), The Pure Theory of Capital. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
21. Hertzendorf, M.N. (1995), 'Recursive Utility and the Rate of Impatience', Economic Theory 5, 51-65.
22. Hilton, F.G.H. and A. Levinson (1998), 'Factoring the Environmental Kuznets Curve: Evidence from the Automotive Lead Emissions', Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 35, 126-141.
23. Jones, L.E. and R. Manuelli (1990), 'A Convex Model of Equilibrium Growth: Theory and Policy Implications', Journal of Political Economy 98, 1008-1038.
24. 2 Concentrations: Reconsidering the Environmental Kuznets Curve', Ecological Economics 25, 209-220.
25. Koopmans, T.C. (1960), 'Stationary Ordinal Utility and Impatience', Econometrica 28, 287-309.
26. Koopmans, T.C., P.A. Diamond and R.W. Williamson (1964), 'Stationary Utility and Time Perspective', Econometrica 32, 82-100.
27. Kuznets, S. (1955), 'Economic Growth and Income Inequality', American Economic Review 45, 1-28.
28. Lewbel, A. (1985), 'A Unified Approach to Incorporating Demographic and Other Effects into Demand Systems', Review of Economic Studies 52, 1-18.
29. Lucas, R.E. Jr. (1988), 'On the Mechanisms of Economic Development', Journal of Monetary Economics 22, 3-42.
30. List, J.A. and C.A. Gallet (1999), 'The Environmental Kuznets Curve: Does One Size Fit All?', Ecological Economics 31, 409-423.
31. Lopez, R. (1994), 'The Environment as a Factor of Production: The Effects of Economic Growth and Trade Liberalization', Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 27, 163-184.
32. Lucas, R.E. and N.L. Stokey (1984), 'Optimal Growth with Many Consumers', Journal of Economic Theory 32, 139-171.
33. Mitra, T. (1996), 'An Exact Discount Factor Restriction for Period-Three Cycles in Dynamic Optimization Models', Journal of Economic Theory 69, 281-305.
34. Munasinghe, M. (1999), 'Is Environmental Degradation an Inevitable Consequence of Economic Growth: Tunnneling Through the Environmental Kuznets Curve', Ecological Economics 29, 89-109.
35. Nishimura, K. and M. Yano (1996), 'On the Least Upper Bound of Discount Factors that Are Compatible with Optimal Period-Three Cycles', Journal of Economic Theory 69, 306-333.
36. Palivos, T., P. Wang and J. Zhang (1997), 'On the Existence of Balanced Growth Equilibrium', International Economic Review 38, 205-224.
37. Pollak, R.A. and T.J. Wales (1981), 'Demographic Variables in Demand Analysis', Econometrica 49, 1533-1551.
38. Rebelo, S. (1991), 'Long Run Policy and Long Run Growth', Journal of Political Economy 99, 500-521.
39. Roberts, J.T. and P.E. Grimes (1997), 'Carbon Intensity and Economic Development 1962-1991: A Brief Exploration of the environmental Kuznets Curve', World Development 25, 191-198.
40. Rothman, D.S. (1998), 'Environmental Kuznets Curves: Real Progress or Passing the Buck? A Case for Consumption-Based Approaches', Ecological Economics 25, 177-194.
41. Selden, T.M. and D. Song (1994), 'Environmental Quality and Development: Is There a Kuznets Curve for Air Pollution Emissions?', Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 27, 147-162.
42. Stern, D.I., M.S. Common and E.B. Barbier (1996), 'Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation: The Environmental Kuznets Curve and Sustainable Development', World Development 24, 1151-1160.
43. Stokey, N.L. (1998), 'Are There Limits to Growth?', International Economic Review 39, 1-31.
44. Streufert, P.A. (1990), 'Stationary Recursive Utility and Dynamic Programming under the Assumption of Biconvergence', Review of Economic Studies 57, 79-97.
45. Streufert, P.A. (1992), 'An Abstract Topological Approach to Dynamic Programming', Journal of Mathematical Economics 21, 59-88.
46. Suri, V. and D. Chapman (1998), 'Economic Growth, Trade and Energy: Implications for the Environmental Kuznets Curve', Ecological Economics 25, 195-208.
47. Torras, M. and J.K. Boyce (1998), 'Income, Inequality, and Pollution: A Reassessment of the Environmental Kuznets Curve', Ecological Economics 25, 147-160.