Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/53214 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 20.2009
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
Total factor productivity growth (TFPG) has been traditionally associated with technological change. We show that when a factor of production, such as energy, generates an environmental externality in the form of CO2 emissions which is not internalized because of lack of environmental policy, then TFPG estimates could be biased. This is because the contribution of environment as a factor of production is not accounted for in the growth accounting framework. Empirical estimates confirm this hypothesis and suggest that part of what is regarded as technology's contribution to growth could be attributed to the use of environment in output production.
Subjects: 
Total Factor Productivity
Sources of Growth
Environmental Externalities
Energy
Environmental Policy
JEL: 
O47
Q20
Q43
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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