investigate whether this rule indicates sustainability and requires substitutability between manmade and natural capital. In …

countries, compatible with the sustainability of the processes concerning the Earth system. Mainly by focusing on the energy … development, characterized by the role of fossil fuels and by the progressive dominance of those with a higher energy and density … environmental and innovation policies. The big size of the needed investments in a context of limited financial resources asks for a …

The existing economics literature neglects the important role of capacity in the production of renewable energy. To … fiill this gap, we construct a model in which renewable energy production is tied to renewable energy capacity, which then … allocation of energy, and which therefore comes at the cost of reduced general production. Requiring societal well-being to never …

-intensive, mining booms cause virtually no upward pressure on manufacturing earnings per worker, and both producers of traded and local … goods benefit from mining booms in terms of employment. In contrast, labour-intensive mining booms drive up local …

Itaya et al. (2014) study the conditions for sustainability and stability of capital tax coordination in a repeated …

We estimate the impact of local mining activity on the business constraints experienced by 22,150 firms across eight … (<20 km) of a firm deteriorates but business constraints of more distant firms relax. The negative local impact of mining …

The energy transition increases the demand for minerals from ethnically diverse, conflict-prone developing countries …. We study whether and where mining is possible in such countries without raising the risk of civil conflict. We proceed in … (planned and unplanned) mining projects in Sierra Leone. A crucial insight is that new mining projects do not necessarily …