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Lehmijoki, U. & Rovenskaya, E. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2761-3443
(2009).
Environmental Mortality and Long-run Growth.
Discussion Paper No. 252 / February 2009. Helsinki Center of Economic Research, University of Helsinki, Finland
Abstract
There is emerging evidence that environmental degradation increases human mortality. This paper provides a long-run consumer optimization model in which mortality is endogenous to emissions generated by production. Emissions are assumed to follow the EKC path, first rising and then falling along with ouput. In the optimum, some deaths are accepted as an exchange for consumption. The model is estimated for the European outdoor air pollution data, showing that Europe has reached the downward sloping sement of the EKC. Economic growth will thus decrease rather than increase air pollution and the associted deaths in most countries in Europe.
| Item Type: | Other |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | optimal growth, pollution, environmental mortality, Europe |
| Research Programs: | Dynamic Systems (DYN) |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Discussion Paper No. 252 / February 2009. Helsinki Center of Economic Research, University of Helsinki, Finland |
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| Depositing User: | IIASA Import |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2016 08:42 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2021 17:20 |
| URI: | https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/9031 |
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