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Maximin-optimal sustainable growth with nonrenewable resource and externalities

Bazhanov, Andrei V. - 2008

I offer an approach linking a welfare criterion to the “sustainable development opportunities” of the economy. This implies a dependence of a criterion on the information about the current state. I consider the problem for the Dasgupta-Heal-Solow-Stiglitz model with externalities. The...

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On comprehensive wealth, institutional quality and sustainable development-quantifying the effect of institutional quality on sustainability

Stoever, Jana - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 81 (2012) 3, pp. 794-801

that compared to the saving of physical capital, the saving of non-physical capital is influenced more strongly by …

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Green accounting, institutional quality and investment decisions : macroeconomic implications from an analysis of the oil and mining sector

Stöver, Jana - 2016

physical and natural capital. Since these two types of capital are used jointly in the industry's production process, the firms … face a dual investment decision, whereby they have to decide on the investment into both types of capital simultaneously … then shown that the form of capital aggregation in national accounting can lead to an underestimation of the effect of …

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Simple Living and Sustainable Consumption

Kronenberg, Jakub; Iida, Natsuyo - 2011

After a brief reference to the philosophical background of simple living and its basic ideas, we explore how simple living can aid sustainable consumption. We look at general linkages between the two concepts and suggest how simple living can be used to support sustainable development (what...

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A survey on modeling economic growth : with special interest on natural resource use

Voosholz, Frauke - 2014

The purpose of this paper is to survey the contributions to economic growth theory. We focus on the basic models and literature that link resource economic and economic growth, in order to reveal the main differences on how the different aspects are incorporated into growth models. As economic...

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Citizen Suits and Sustainability

Dernbach, John C. - 2015

The article explores what we can learn about sustainable development, and the progress the United States has already made or not made, by looking at citizen suits under United States environmental law. The article focuses on four aspects of citizen suits: the manner in which they allow access to...

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Pollution Control and Sustainable Industry

Dernbach, John C. - 2015

This article outlines what sustainable development means when applied to industry, the necessity for sustainable industry, and how sustainable industry can change and is already beginning to change the debate about pollution control. While it is possible for industry to have a positive impact,...

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Sustainable Development : Now More than Ever

Dernbach, John C. - 2015

This Article explains how and why sustainable development emerged as a conceptual framework, the basic concepts or principles on which this framework is based, why sustainability is primarily a matter for domestic national governance, and why the United States needs to play a leading role in...

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Sustainable Versus Unsustainable Propositions

Dernbach, John C. - 2015

This article is a critique of Bjoslash;rn Lomborg's The Skeptical Environmentalist (2001) from the perspective of sustainable development. While the author often uses the language of sustainable development, the book would turn sustainability on its head. It is generally true, as Lomborg says,...

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Challenges of wealth-based sustainability metrics : a critical appraisal

McLaughlin, Eoin; Ducoing, Cristián; Hanley, Nick - 2024

There has been widespread debate about whether the way in which we measure economic activity is fit for purpose in the twenty-first century. One aspect of this debate is to move away from measuring a nation's income (GDP) towards monitoring a nation's assets (their inclusive wealth), as a better...

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