Title: Polluting Technologies and Economic Development

Authors: Luisito Bertinelli, Eric Strobl, Benteng Zou

Addresses: CREA, Universite du Luxembourg 162A, avenue de la Faiencerie L-1511 Luxembourg. ' Ecole Polytechnique (Paris), F-91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France. ' CREA, Universite du Luxembourg 162A, avenue de la Faiencerie L-1511 Luxembourg

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 USA and Europe to developing countries supports our theoretical findings.

Keywords: environmental quality; sustainable development; vintage technologies; sustainability; polluting technologies; environmental pollution; economic development; developing countries.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGENVI.2010.030568

International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, 2010 Vol.10 No.1/2, pp.63 - 83

Published online: 24 Dec 2009 *

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