Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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959101 | Journal of Environmental Economics and Management | 2006 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
This paper analyzes the double dividend issues within the framework of overlapping generations models. We characterize the necessary conditions for obtaining a double dividend, i.e. an improvement of environmental and non-environmental welfare when the revenue from the pollution tax is recycled into a change in the labor tax rate. We show that, depending on the initial capital stock and on the intertemporal elasticity of substitution, conditions may be defined to simultaneously allow (i) the obtaining of a long-term double dividend, (ii) the economy to move closer to the modified golden rule and (iii) in the short term, an improvement in the welfare of the two present generations.
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Authors
Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline, Mouez Fodha,