Economic growth and the environment : An introduction to the theory / Clas Eriksson
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013وصف:xvi, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0199663890 (hbk)
- 9780199663897 (hbk)
- HC79.E5 E7473 2013
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | HC79.E5 E7473 2013 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011137772 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | HC79.E5 E7473 2013 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011137780 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-214) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction. 1.1.The Fundamental Question: Is Sustainability Feasible?. 1.2.Why growth?. 1.3.Delimitations. 1.4.Disposition. 1.4.1.Part I: Tools. 1.4.2.Part II: Natural resources. 1.4.3.Part III: Pollution. part I TOOLS. 2.Production. 2.1.Production function. 2.1.1.Inputs. 2.1.2.Neo-classical assumptions. 2.2.Variables in intensity form. 2.2.1.Per capita variables. 2.2.2.Per unit of effective labor. 2.2.3.The capital-output ratio. 2.3.The elasticity of substitution. 2.4.Income shares (output elasticities). 2.4.1.Kaldor facts. 2.4.2.Defining income shares. 2.4.3.Income shares and output growth. 2.4.4.Some implications. 2.5.The CES function. 2.5.1.Income shares. 2.5.2.Intensity form. 2.6.Conclusion. 2.7.Exercises. 3.The Solow model. 3.1.Capital accumulation. 3.2.Solow's fundamental equation. 3.2.1.Deriving the equation. 3.2.2.Some implications. 3.3.Steady state
How can we reconcile economic growth with the need to protect the natural environment? Will scarcity of natural resources eventually force economic growth to cease? This book introduces key models and shows how modern growth theory can be used to shed light on the relation between economic growth, natural resources, and the environment.
1. Introduction ; PART I: TOOLS ; 2. Production ; 3. The Solow Model ; 4. Endogenous Technological Change ; PART II: NATURAL RESOURCES ; 5. Land ; 6. Exhaustible Resources ; PART III: POLLUTION ; 7. Pollution Reduction by Abatement ; 8. Pollution Reduction by Directed Technological Change ; 9. Utility Maximization