Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen’s analysis of the factory system is used to show how an expanded market makes possible increasing returns in manufacturing, which can in turn lead to the kind of cumulative growth process envisioned by Allyn Young. The analysis is then extended to take into account...

Nicholas Georgescu‐Roegen’s analysis of the factory system is used to show how an expanded market makes possible increasing returns in manufacturing, which can in turn lead to the kind of cumulative growth process envisioned by Allyn Young. The analysis is then extended to take into account...

Purpose – To construct an index (index of environmental sensitivity performance) to be used in a cross-country trade model in order to analyze the effect of various degrees of environmental stringency on the trade patterns, and especially on the export performance of the countries....

Curbing (without banning) potentially environmentally-damaging activities that have global, rather than local, effects raises challenges analogous to those faced by a community lacking legislative powers that has to restrict access to a common pasture in order to make its use sustainable. A...

This paper examines economic aspects of the Kyoto protocol on climate change, focusing on the protocol’s longer-term impact and possible global evolution. Specifically, the analysis considers the economics of likely technological responses to the protocol and the implication of international...

Curbing (without banning) potentially environmentally‐damaging activities that have global, rather than local, effects raises challenges analogous to those faced by a community lacking legislative powers that has to restrict access to a common pasture in order to make its use sustainable. A...

This paper examines economic aspects of the Kyoto protocol on climate change, focusing on the protocol’s longer‐term impact and possible global evolution. Specifically, the analysis considers the economics of likely technological responses to the protocol and the implication of international...

Purpose – To construct an index (index of environmental sensitivity performance) to be used in a cross‐country trade model in order to analyze the effect of various degrees of environmental stringency on the trade patterns, and especially on the export performance of the countries....

Outlines the problem of emancipation (not only of married women) as a problem of economic order, and the historical setting of family and government. Discusses economics of the family, economic order and public finance. Concludes, with special reference to The Netherlands, that incremental...

Purpose – Focussing on the historical experience, the purpose of this paper is to argue the need for change in the design and implementation of social policies in order to overcome the stalemate of the last two or three decades. Design/methodology/approach – Starting with the social measures...