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Generous Sustainability
Gerlagh, Reyer - 2014
I define “generous sustainability” as a combination of two conditions: neither instantaneous maximin income nor … compared to existing sustainability concepts. As a rule of thumb, generosity requires that GHG emissions are limited to levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013040484
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Combining Rights and Welfarism: A New Approach to Intertemporal Evaluation of Social Alternatives
Long, Ngo Van; Martinet, Vincent - CESifo - 2012
We propose a new criterion which reflects both the concern for welfare (utility) and the concern for rights in the evaluation of economic development paths. The concern for rights is captured by a pre-ordering over combinations of thresholds (floors or ceilings on various quantitative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651182
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Sustainability and Discounted Utilitarianism in Models of Economic Growth
Asheim, Geir B.; Mitra, Tapan - CESifo - 2009
Discounted utilitarianism treats generations unequally and leads to seemingly unappealing consequences in some models of economic growth. Instead, this paper presents and applies sustainable discounted utilitarianism (SDU). SDU respects the interests of future generations and resolves...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181313
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Combining Rights and Welfarism : A New Approach to Intertemporal Evaluation of Social Alternatives
Van Long, Ngo - 2013
We propose a new criterion which reflects both the concern for welfare (utility) and the concern for rights in the evaluation of economic development paths. The concern for rights is captured by a pre-ordering over combinations of thresholds (floors or ceilings on various quantitative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091469
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Climate Policy Under Sustainable Discounted Utilitarianism
Dietz, Simon; Asheim, Geir B. - 2021
Empirical evaluation of policies to mitigate climate change has been largely confined to the application of discounted utilitarianism (DU). DU is controversial, both due to the conditions through which it is justified and due to its consequences for climate policies, where the discounting of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315976
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Sustainability and Discounted Utilitarianism in Models of Economic Growth
Asheim, Geir B.; Mitra, Tapan - 2021
Discounted utilitarianism treats generations unequally and leads to seemingly unappealing consequences in some models of economic growth. Instead, this paper presents and applies sustainable discounted utilitarianism (SDU). SDU respects the interests of future generations and resolves...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316410
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Climate Policy under Sustainable Discounted Utilitarianism
Dietz, Simon; Asheim, Geir B. - CESifo - 2011
Empirical evaluation of policies to mitigate climate change has been largely confined to the application of discounted utilitarianism (DU). DU is controversial, both due to the conditions through which it is justified and due to its consequences for climate policies, where the discounting of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293489
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Generous Sustainability
Gerlagh, Reyer - CESifo - 2014
I define “generous sustainability” as a combination of two conditions: neither instantaneous maximin income nor … compared to existing sustainability concepts. As a rule of thumb, generosity requires that GHG emissions are limited to levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011086452
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Economic Analysis, Sustainability and Environmental Commons
Musu, Ignazio - CESifo - 2013
When confronted with market weaknesses and failures determining sustainability problems for environmental common … factors at work in determining the role of institutions to deal with sustainability issues and explores the implications of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723528
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Is the Welfare State Sustainable? Experimental Evidence on Citizens' Preferences for Redistribution
Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - CESifo - 2010
The sustainability of the welfare state ultimately depends on citizens’ preferences for income redistribution. They are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511616