Sustainable resource use and economic dynamics
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Sustainable resource use and economic dynamics
（The economics of non-market goods and resources, v. 10）
Springer, c2010
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"Includes a selection of papers presented at the conference "Sustainable Resource Use and Economic Dynamics" (SURED), held on Monte Verità in Ascona, Switzerland, in June 2004"--Pref
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The chapters in the book cover a broad range of aspects regarding the relationship between natural resource use and long-term economic development. The book surveys existing literature as well as adds to frontier research. In particular, the following topics are studied: incentives for adoption and diffusion of clean technology, resource scarcity and limits to growth, international convergence of energy intensity, and the social norms shaping resource depletion.
Table of Contents
- Preface. List of contributors. 1. Introduction
- Lucas Bretschger and Sjak Smulders, 2. A Dynamic Model of the Environmental Kuznets Curve: Turning Point and Public Policy
- Hannes Egli and Thomas M. Steger, 3. Optimal Timing of Adoption of a Green Technology
- Maria A. Cunha-e-Sa and Ana B. Reis, 4. Can environmental regulations boost growth?
- Rob Hart, 5. General Purpose Technologies And Energy Policy
- Adriaan van Zon and Tobias Kronenberg, 6. Efficient dynamic pollution taxation in an uncertain environment
- Susanne Soretz, 7. A New-Growth Perspective on Non-renewable Resources
- Christian Groth, 8. Sectoral Energy- and Labour-Productivity Convergence
- P. Mulder and H.L.F. de Groot, 9. Spatial evolution of social norms in a common-pool resource game
- Joelle Noailly, Cees A. Withagen and Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, 10. Sustainable Motion in Classical Mechanics: An Economics Perspective, John M. Hartwick.
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