dynamic inefficiency in an overlapping generation economy with pollution and health costs
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Dynamic Inefficiency in an Overlapping Generation Economy with Pollution and Health Costs
Maria-Jose Gutierrez University of the Basque Country
Journal of Public Economic Theory, 10 (4), 2008, pp. 563-594
Presented by Juan
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Introduction
Environment affects economy through amenity, productivity and health channels
Aim of the paper: analyze effects of pollution on the economy thought health channel forcing increase of health expenditure when old, not affecting productivity of workers.
Innovation: 2nd dynamical model done using health channels, 1th to affect old health expenditure and focus on taxes
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Introduction II
Paper focuses on optimal taxation, not on long run growth effects.
Findings: pollution makes more likely CE to be
dynamic inefficient. Over accumulation of capital above super
golden rule is not PO.Taxes on production and on capital and
wages can increase welfare
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The model
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Dynamics of the stock of pollution
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Competitive equilibrium
Agent’s problem
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Firms max profits:
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Steady State
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Implications
Higher population growth economies have lower capital and pollution per worker (but higher total).
Higher capital depreciation rate leads to less capital and pollution
Economies with Higher pollutant technologies and higher toxic pollutants accumulate more capital to pay for health!!!
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Efficiency
CP Problem:
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Efficient SS and Golden Rule
2 FOC + 2 constraints in SS define efficient capital per capita, c1, c2, and pollution stock per capita.
The golden rule is:
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Lemma 1: If
then there are always efficient capital ratios that exceed the golden rule capital ratio. Otherwise, the maximum efficient capital ratio is given by the golden rule allocation
Idea: double effect of planner’s discount rate (R=0): the lower the higher the savings (transfer consumption to the future), but also less pollution must be transmitted to the future, thus less capital less saving.
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Efficient SS and Golden Rule II
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Super golden rule:
Proposition 2: Above capital of super golden rule the economy is dynamically inefficient
Idea: Pollution is cumulative, when delta is 1, super golden and golden rules are the same.
Let kmax the capital ratio associated with central planner:
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Efficient SS and Golden Rule III
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Proposition 3: The higher pollution externalities, the higher the competitive stationary capital ratio is and the lower the supergolden rule capital ratio is.
Idea: First part is by proposition 1(more capital to pay more healthcare), second is because kSG is decreasing in the pollution parameters
Efficient SS and Golden Rule IV
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Taxes on Production
Tax per unit of output and lump sum transfer to youngs and or olds.
Competitive equilibrium leads to:
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Taxes on Production II
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The existence of two sources of inefficiency is the reason for:
If CE is efficient without pollution then inclusion of pollution generates an inefficiency in where both young and olds share revenue from tax
IF CE was already non-efficient pollution increases the problem and only olds receive revenue from taxes.
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Taxes on Capital and Wages
Taxes are levied on consumers so firms face same problem.
Proposition 5: Golden rule allocation can be achieved by imposing taxes and transfers to old:
If the economy over accumulates capital without pollution then:
Olds and youngs can be tax payers or receivers
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Taxes on production vs. on capital and wages
Idea: agents would prefer less amount of taxes to be paid.
Proposition 6: Youngs and elderly agents pay more taxes with the capital-wage system than with the production tax system.
Idea: Production tax scheme is superior in an electoral context
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