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Climate change mitigation pledges require decarbonization of the economy and the creation of a carbon-neutral society. Men and women contribute differently to climate change and have different roles in low-carbon energy transition. Gender roles influence career choices, abilities to invest in...
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limited, which seems to be crucial for today's sustainability debate. …
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Traditional resource economics has been criticised for assuming too high elasticities of substitution, not observing material balance principles and relying too much on planner solutions to obtain long-term growth. By analysing a multi-sector R&D-based endogenous growth model with exhaustible...
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Using a dynamic model with non-renewable natural resources and endogenous knowledge creation, the paper analyses economic development under conditions which are generally considered as most unfavourable. We assume poor substitution between primary input factors, positive population growth and a...
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, United Nations.), can be used to measure weak and strong sustainability. We emphasise the importance of understanding the … conceptual differences between weak and strong sustainability. We then outline what we consider to be current best practice in … design not meant to provide clear guidelines for the purpose of measuring sustainability in either its weak or strong version …
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This paper studies an endogenous growth model with human capital, exhaustible resources, and overlapping generations. Under laissez-faire, higher study time reduces depletion rates by increasing the share of re- sources that present generations are willing to sell to successors. However, selfish...
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This paper analyzes overlapping-generations models where natural capital is owned by selfish agents. Transfers in favor of young agents reduce the rate of depletion and increase output growth. It is shown that intergenerational transfers may be preferred to laissez-faire by an indefinite...
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This article argues that a key to sustainability is redirecting the law of economic development. From a historical … sustainability can be understood as economic development laws. This article describes seven types of such laws. Each type is …, we may better understand how to move more rapidly and effectively toward sustainability …
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What is the nature of biodiversity as an economic commodity and why does it matter? How would its conservation contribute economically to our well being? I consider three issues: Why is biodiversity important from an economic perspective? What kind of commodity is it? Does our usual economic...
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