The Environmental Kuznets Curve with Environmental Spillovers

Author

He Qiong ; Wang Zheng

Author_Institution

Sch. of Min. & Safety Eng., Hunan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Xiangtan, China

fYear

2010

fDate

18-20 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, we extend Hartman, Kwon(2005) endogenous growth model in a straightforward way to include endogenous technical change. The planner chooses the fraction of physical capital to control pollution generated by production output process, human capital and technical capital are produced cleanly. Under plausible assumptions, there exists the environmental Kuznets curve for realistic parameter values. The inter-temporal elasticity of substitution plays a very important role to decide the environmental Kuznets curve.

Keywords

environmental economics; pollution control; economy growth; endogenous growth model; environment quality; environmental Kuznets curve; human capital; inter-temporal substitution elasticity; physical capital; production output process; realistic parameter values; technical capital; Engineering management; Environmental economics; Environmental management; Equations; Helium; Humans; Pollution; Production; Safety; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), 2010 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

ISSN

2151-7614

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4712-1

Electronic_ISBN

2151-7614

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5518156

Filename

5518156