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Low-carbon energy transition from the lens of feminist theories

Štreimikienė, Dalia - In: Contemporary economics 17 (2023) 4, pp. 456-468

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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Sustainability and substitution of exhaustible natural resources : how resource prices affect long-term R&D investments

Bretschger, Lucas; Smulders, Sjak - 2003

limited, which seems to be crucial for today's sustainability debate. …

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Sustainability and substitution of exhaustible natural resources : how resource prices affect long-term R&D-investments

Bretschger, Lucas; Smulders, Sjak - 2006 - Revised version

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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Natural resource scarcity and long-run development : central mechanisms when conditions are seemingly unfavourable

Bretschger, Lucas - 2005

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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Weak and Strong Sustainability in the SEEA : Concepts and Measurement

Dietz, Simon - 2010

, 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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Human capital, resource constraints and intergenerational fairness

Valente, Simone - 2007

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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Intergenerational transfers, lifetime welfare and resource preservation

Valente, Simone - 2006

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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Sustainability and substitution of exhaustible natural resources : how resource prices affect long-term R&D investments

Bretschger, Lucas; Smulders, Sjak - 2003

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Creating the Law of Environmentally Sustainable Economic Development

Dernbach, John C. - 2015

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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Biodiversity as a Commodity

Heal, Geoffrey M. - 2011

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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