Economic Theory and Exhaustible Resources

A book on the economics of exhaustible resources requires no justification. A long book does. The purist will find disquieting our two-asset, constant population model with which we analyse growth possibilities in an economy with exhaustible resources.

Sommario

1. A preview; 2. Resource allocation in a timeless world; 3. Externalities; 4. Intertemporal equilibrium; 5. Renewable resources: some ecological and environmental models; 6. Exhaustible resources: an introduction; 7. Production with exhaustible resources; 8. Resource depletion and capital accumulation in a competitive economy accumulation in a competitive economy; 9. Measureability, comparability and the aggregation of intergenerational welfares; 10. The optimal depletion of exhaustible; 11. Imperfect competition and exhaustible resources; 12. Taxation of exhaustible resources; 13. Uncertainty, information and the allocation of risk; 14. Uncertainty and the allocation of resources; 15. price movements in resource markets; 16. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

Riassunto

A presentation of the economic principles relating to the use and management of natural resources, including analysis of optimal use policies.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: P. S. DasGupta, P.S. Dasgupta, Dasgupta P. S., G. M. Heal, G.M. Heal, Heal G. M.
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.03.1985
• EAN: 9780521297615
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29761-5
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 218 mm x 30 mm
• Serie: Cambridge Economic Handbooks; Cambridge Economic Handbooks
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia politica; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, Economic theory & philosophy, Environmental Economics, Economic theory and philosophy