Directed technical change and environmental quality

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2021

Autores

Óscar Afonso (Autor) FEP; Fonseca, L (Autor) Outra; Magalhaes, M (Autor) Outra; vasconcelos, pb (Autor) FEP

Revista

Título: Portuguese Economic Journal

Vol. 20 Nº 1

Páginas: 71-97

ISSN: 1617-982X

Editora: Springer Nature

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 5 Citações

Scopus - 7 Citações

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-00R-ZGP

DOI: 10.1007/s10258-020-00174-4

Abstract (EN): We propose a directed technical change model with two sectors, clean and dirty, to analyze the impact of the degree of substitutability between sectors and the degree of scale effects on the environmental quality. The technological knowledge is biased towards the clean sector; i.e., the environmental quality is improved whenever the elasticity of substitution between inputs in both sectors increases and, along with that, the economy: (i) is rich in renewable capital, (ii) has higher relative supply of clean labor under scale effects, and (iii) enjoys higher relative R&D productivity in the clean sector. The improvement in the environmental quality benefits the welfare. Moreover, the growth rate is higher in the presence of scale effects.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 27