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The Corn–Guano Model
Author(s) -
Bidard Christian,
Erreygers Guido
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
metroeconomica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.256
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-999X
pISSN - 0026-1386
DOI - 10.1111/1467-999x.00117
Subject(s) - guano , economics , generality , benchmark (surveying) , resource (disambiguation) , econometrics , microeconomics , computer science , ecology , biology , computer network , management , geodesy , geography
The model presented here can be seen as an extension, specifically designed to deal with the issue of exhaustible resources, of the well‐known ‘corn model’. We believe that useful insights are obtained by concentrating on a benchmark case, that of an economy with only one reproducible ‘good’, corn, and only one ‘resource’, guano. The corn–guano model aims at delineating some major issues related to the introduction of exhaustible resources within a post‐Sraffian model. In this paper we concentrate on the dynamics of the price variables. The ultimate goal concerns more generally the treatment of intertemporal economies outside a regular growth path, i.e. it concerns the degree of generality of the post‐Sraffian theory itself.