Polluting Technologies and Sustainable Economic Development

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2006/52

28 Pages Posted: 23 Aug 2006

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Luisito Bertinelli

Universite du Luxembourg

Eric Strobl

Ecole Polytechnique, Paris - Department of Economic Sciences; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Benteng Zou

Bielefeld University - Center for Mathematical Economics

Date Written: June 2006

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

JEL Classification: O13, O33, Q01, Q56

Suggested Citation

Bertinelli, Luisito and Strobl, Eric and Zou, Benteng, Polluting Technologies and Sustainable Economic Development (June 2006). CORE Discussion Paper No. 2006/52, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=926030 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.926030

Luisito Bertinelli (Contact Author)

Universite du Luxembourg ( email )

L-1511 Luxembourg
Luxembourg

Eric Strobl

Ecole Polytechnique, Paris - Department of Economic Sciences ( email )

Ecole Polytechnique
Department of Economics
Paris, 75005
France

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany

Benteng Zou

Bielefeld University - Center for Mathematical Economics ( email )

Postfach 10 01 31
Bielefeld, D-33501
Germany

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