@techreport{NBERw6739,
 title = "The Simple Analytics of the Environmental Kuznets Curve",
 author = "James Andreoni and Arik Levinson",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "6739",
 year = "1998",
 month = "September",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w6739",
 abstract = {Evidence suggests that some pollutants follow an inverse-U-shaped pattern relative to countries' incomes.  This relationship has been called the out a simple and straight-forward static model of the microfoundations of the pollution-income relationship.  We show that the environmental Kuznets curve can be derived directly from the technological link between consumption of a desired good and abatement of its  undesirable byproduct.  The inverse-U shape does not depend on the dynamics of growth, political institutions, or even externalities, and can be consistent with a decentralized economy as well as a Pareto efficient policy.},
}