There is a large literature on the optimal order of exploitation of natural resources. We explore the impact of specific technical progress that enables the saving of resource inputs in production on the order of exploitation. Models of growth tend to assume uniform and global technical progess....

L'engouement pour les energies substituables, non conventionnelles, sera-t-il economiquement viable et donc durable? Certains des interets qui se rejoignaient pour encourager l'exploitation de la biomasse a des dfins energetiques se sont progressivement emousses. Le renouveau de l'interet en...

This document analyses certain economic aspects of environmental policy in France, focussing on greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution and discharges in city air. Like most other OECD countries, France has been endeavouring for some years to make its growth environmentally sustainable. These...