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Towards contribution analysis
Hodge, R. Anthony - 2017
Since the early 1990s, at least 45 initiatives have been mounted to improve the environmental and social performance of the mining industry across the world. Many changes in the formal legal and regulatory systems have also been introduced. However, no systematic approach has been adopted to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011654012
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Combining rights and welfarism: A new approach to intertemporal evaluation of social alternatives
Long, Ngo Van; Martinet, Vincent - 2012
We propose a new criterion which reflects both the concern for welfare (utility) and the concern for rights in the evaluation of economic development paths. The concern for rights is captured by a pre-ordering over combinations of thresholds (floors or ceilings on various quantitative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281039
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A utilitarian notion of responsibility for sustainability
Fünfgelt, Joachim; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2012
We develop and formalize a utilitarian notion of responsibility for sustainability which is inspired by Singer's (1972 … welfare maximization, and Brundtland-sustainability. Using a two-generationsresource-model, we find the following …. Sustainability and responsibility for sustainability are equivalent if and only if sustainability is feasible. If it is not, there …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281771
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Sustainable recursive social welfare functions
Asheim, Geir B.; Mitra, Tapan; Tungodden, Bertil - 2006
Koopmans’s (Econometrica 28, 287–309) axiomatization of discounted utilitarianism is based on seemingly compelling conditions, yet this criterion leads to hard-to-justify outcomes. The present analysis considers a class of sustainable recursive social welfare functions within Koopmans’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284345
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Intergenerational Ethics under Resource Constraints
Asheim, Geir B. - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES) 141 (2005) III, pp. 313-330
When evaluating long-term policies, economists usually suggest to maximize the sum of discounted utilities. On the one hand, discounted utilitarianism was given a solid axiomatic foundation by Koopmans (Econometrica 1960). On the other hand, this criterion has questionable implications when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005427533
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From Multifunctionality and Sustainability of Agriculture to the Social Responsibility of the Agri-food System
Hediger, Werner - In: Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture (Until 2015: … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 59-80
sustainability of agriculture and the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR). The latter provides a theoretical link … between the views on agriculture’s multifunctionality and sustainability, and between their welfare economic and capital … complement those of multifunctionality and sustainability in order to contribute to a more enlightened debate on agricultural and …
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Combining Rights and Welfarism: A New Approach to Intertemporal Evaluation of Social Alternatives
Long, Ngo Van; Martinet, Vincent - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie … - 2012
We propose a new criterion which reflects both the concern for welfare (utility) and the concern for rights in the evaluation of economic development paths. The concern for rights is captured by a pre-ordering over combinations of thresholds (floors or ceilings on various quantitative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010927919
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A utilitarian notion of responsibility for sustainability
Fuenfgelt, Joachim; Baumgaertner, Stefan - 2012
We develop and formalize a utilitarian notion of responsibility for sustainability which is inspired by Singer's (1972 …) principle and the Brundtland Commission?s notion of sustainability (WCED 1987). We relate this notion of responsibility to … welfare maximization, and Brundtland-sustainability. Using a two-generationsresource- model, we find the following …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535180
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Sustainable recursive social welfare functions
Asheim, Geir B.; Mitra, Tapan; Tungodden, Bertil - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2006
Koopmans’s (Econometrica 28, 287–309) axiomatization of discounted utilitarianism is based on seemingly compelling conditions, yet this criterion leads to hard-to-justify outcomes. The present analysis considers a class of sustainable recursive social welfare functions within Koopmans’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652215
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Risk and Sustainability : Is Viability that far from Optimality?
Martinet, Vincent; Lara, Michel De; Doyen, Luc - EconomiX, Université Paris Ouest-Nanterre la Défense … - 2010
. Viability theory is based on sustainability constraints to be satisfied over time, focusing on feasibility. We make a bridge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008547445