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Economic Theory and Exhaustible Resources

Economic Theory and Exhaustible Resources

Economic Theory and Exhaustible Resources

Authors:
P. S. Dasgupta, University of Cambridge
G. M. Heal, Columbia University, New York
Published:
May 2012
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9781139239585

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    A presentation of the economic principles relating to the use and management of natural resources, including analysis of optimal use policies.

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    May 2012
    Adobe eBook Reader
    9781139239585
    0 pages
    0kg
    83 b/w illus. 7 tables
    This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.

    Table of Contents

    • 1. A preview
    • 2. Resource allocation in a timeless world
    • 3. Externalities
    • 4. Intertemporal equilibrium
    • 5. Renewable resources: some ecological and environmental models
    • 6. Exhaustible resources: an introduction
    • 7. Production with exhaustible resources
    • 8. Resource depletion and capital accumulation in a competitive economy accumulation in a competitive economy
    • 9. Measureability, comparability and the aggregation of intergenerational welfares
    • 10. The optimal depletion of exhaustible
    • 11. Imperfect competition and exhaustible resources
    • 12. Taxation of exhaustible resources
    • 13. Uncertainty, information and the allocation of risk
    • 14. Uncertainty and the allocation of resources
    • 15. price movements in resource markets
    • 16. Conclusions
    • Bibliography
    • Index.
      Authors
    • P. S. Dasgupta , University of Cambridge
    • G. M. Heal , Columbia University, New York