Polluting technologies and sustainable economic development

Luisito Bertinelli, Eric Strobl () and Benteng Zou

No 2006052, LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE from Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

Abstract: We study how the import of older and more polluting technologies alters the relationship between output and environmental quality in developing countries within a vintage capital framework. Our results show that old technologies prolong the period until which pollution may eventually decrease and cause this turning point to be reached at a higher level of pollution. An empirical analysis using export data of vintage technologies from the US and Europe to developing countries supports our theoretical findings.

Keywords: environmental quality; sustainable development; vintage technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 O33 Q01 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-06
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