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Sustainable development with extractive and non-extractive use of the environment in production
Author(s) -
F.A.G. den Butter,
M.W. Hofkes
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
environmental and resource economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.27
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1573-1502
pISSN - 0924-6460
DOI - 10.1007/bf00691818
Subject(s) - production (economics) , economics , sustainable development , welfare , endogenous growth theory , work (physics) , order (exchange) , natural resource economics , growth model , environmental economics , microeconomics , ecology , economic growth , market economy , engineering , mechanical engineering , finance , biology , human capital
This paper considers an economy in which the environment plays a role both in welfare and production. An endogenous growth model, which allows for abatement activities, is formulated in order to study the impact of pollution on welfare and long-term growth. Conditions for optimal and balanced economic growth are discussed and a numerical example is given to provide some insight in the mechanisms at work in the model. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1995endogenous growth, sustainable development, environmental quality,

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