It is possible to" grow out of" some environmental problems, but there is nothing automatic
about doing so. Action tends to be taken where there are generalized local costs and …

THE RELATIONSHIP between economic growth and environmental quality has been a
source of great controversy for a very long time. At one extreme has been the view that …

The purpose of this paper is to take a closer look at the relationships between economic
growth and environmental quality. My basic tenet is that the environmental resource base …

The Brundtland Report (WCED, 1987) encouraged the view that the main threats to the
environmental sustainability of development are poverty‐driven depletion of environmental …

The environmental effects of economic development have significant implications for a wide
array of policy questions facing both low-and high-income countries today. Internationally …

The relationship between economic growth and the environment is, and will always remain,
controversial. Some see the emergence of new pollution problems, the lack of success in …

Is economic growth good for the environment? A number of economists have claimed that
economic growth can benefit the environment, recruiting political support and finance for …

We examine the reduced-form relationship between per capita income and various
environmental indicators. Our study covers four types of indicators: urban air pollution, the …

The widespread clamor for immediate draconian action to reduce the danger of global
warming is an unjustifiable diversion of attention from the far more serious environmental …

National and international economic policy has usually ignored the environment. In areas
where the environment is beginning to impinge on policy, as in the General Agreement on …