Add to ORKGIt is the size of the elasticity of substitution that has been the central issue in the long debate over the possibility of continuous growth in the presence of exhaustible resources. This paper reviews the debate and comes to the surprising conclusion that , unnoticed by the pessimists, the optimist position has gradually evolved so that it now approximates that of the pessimists. The paper also summarises some preliminary work by the author that indicates that this common position may not be correc
Endogenous growth theory has enjoyed a surge of research activity since the seminal papers of Romer ...
Part of the problem arises from a lack of understanding of the role of the kind of analytic models t...
Since the publication of Our Common Future in 1987, scientists have struggled with the concept of su...
It is the size of the elasticity of substitution that has been the central issue in the long debate ...
The proposition that limited natural resources provide a limit to growth and to the sustainable size...
The value of the elasticity of substitution of capital for resources is a crucial element in the deb...
Traditional resource economics has been criticised for assuming too high elasticities of substitutio...
One of the central analytical findings of the growth literature is that continuous growth is possibl...
The contradiction between physical and economical sciences concerning the growth of the production/c...
There are two distinct ways of interpreting the question that serves as a title for this session. O...
Economics is a science for happiness. It has been founded on ethics, especially on the utilitarianis...
This paper studies current models on sustainable economic growth with resource constraints and explo...
An important problem in environmental economics concerns the preservation of natural environments. A...
This thesis covers a broad range of topics in the general area of economic growth theory and economi...
The task of economics is apparently changing. After confronting the limits to growth, the economic i...
Endogenous growth theory has enjoyed a surge of research activity since the seminal papers of Romer ...
Part of the problem arises from a lack of understanding of the role of the kind of analytic models t...
Since the publication of Our Common Future in 1987, scientists have struggled with the concept of su...
It is the size of the elasticity of substitution that has been the central issue in the long debate ...
The proposition that limited natural resources provide a limit to growth and to the sustainable size...
The value of the elasticity of substitution of capital for resources is a crucial element in the deb...
Traditional resource economics has been criticised for assuming too high elasticities of substitutio...
One of the central analytical findings of the growth literature is that continuous growth is possibl...
The contradiction between physical and economical sciences concerning the growth of the production/c...
There are two distinct ways of interpreting the question that serves as a title for this session. O...
Economics is a science for happiness. It has been founded on ethics, especially on the utilitarianis...
This paper studies current models on sustainable economic growth with resource constraints and explo...
An important problem in environmental economics concerns the preservation of natural environments. A...
This thesis covers a broad range of topics in the general area of economic growth theory and economi...
The task of economics is apparently changing. After confronting the limits to growth, the economic i...
Endogenous growth theory has enjoyed a surge of research activity since the seminal papers of Romer ...
Part of the problem arises from a lack of understanding of the role of the kind of analytic models t...
Since the publication of Our Common Future in 1987, scientists have struggled with the concept of su...