Is Aging Harmful to the Environment?

How does aging affect the environment? We analyze this question using an overlapping generations model featuring uncertain lifetimes and environmental externalities. We show that whether aging is harmful to the environment depends on the curvature of utility function, which is measured by the degree of relative risk aversion. We also explore the implication of the results for environmental policy in an aging society

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Ono, Tetsuo ; Maeda, Yasuo
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Umweltbelastung \| Pollution \| Theorie \| Theory \| Alternde Bevölkerung \| Aging population \| Altersgruppe \| Age group \| Umweltpolitik \| Environmental policy
Description of contents:	Abstract [papers.ssrn.com]

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Environmental and Resource Economics, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2001 Volltext nicht verfügbar
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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