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of sustainability while establishing a consistent system of units for both the solar flux and economic transformation … processes. Conditions for a virtuous cycle dynamic in relation to sustainability is expressed, adhering to non …
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This paper studies the welfare properties of distortionary transfers in a life-cycle growth model where natural capital is private property. The main result is that, under credible pre-commitment, each newborn generation prefers positive taxes-subsidies to laissez-faire conditions when the...
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sustainability be rejected. This criterion is not forward-looking: positive current genuine savings do not rule out ’genuine … limiting sustainability condition in the capital-resource model: if the sum of the rates of resource regeneration and …
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This paper describes an application of conjoint analysis. The subject of the valuation study is the IJmeer nature reserve, which will be partly destroyed when the new residential area IJburg is built. This paper addresses the following question: ‘What is the extent of the loss of green and...
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The elasticity of intertemporal substitution (EIS) at the macro level has been estimated mostly based on endowment economy models and these estimates are very sensitive to the choice of interest rates that are used for estimation. Estimates based on production economy models do not need...
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This paper analyzes an agent¡¯s option exercise decision under uncertainty. The agent decides whether and when to do an irreversible activity. He is tempted by immediate gratification and suffers from self-control problems. This paper adopts the Gul and Pensendorfer self- control utility...
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. While temptation is commonly understood to give rise to a demand for commitment, it is shown that `temptation by future … preference reversals supports temptation by future consumption, and suggests that it may not be restricted to short time horizons. …
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Choice may be determined both by a consideration of one's welfare (normative preference) and by desires (temptation … preference). To provide foundations for such a theory, Gul and Pesendorfer (2001, 2004) adopt a preference over choice problems … as a primitive and hypothesize that temptation creates a preference for commitment. This paper argues that temptation may …
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This paper presents a more realistic endogenous time preference model, incorporating the property that impatience decreases as consumption increases. The model overcomes a serious drawback of the existing model, which needs the assumption of increasing impatience. The new model is applied to the...
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This work is focused on identifying a circular pull production control system (PPCS) and make emphasis on the presence of a stability attribute. It is an introductory paper to an extended study of macroeconomic financial stability in a physically open but systemic closed system. Previous work...
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