Economic Growth and the Environment : An Introduction to the Theory
Clas. Eriksson
Bok Engelsk 2015 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2015
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (234 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; PREFACE; 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; 2.2 Variables in intensity form; 2.3 The elasticity of substitution; 2.4 Income shares (output elasticities); 2.5 The CES function; 2.6 Conclusion; 2.7 Exercises; 3 The Solow model; 3.1 Capital accumulation; 3.2 Solow's fundamental equation; 3.3 Steady state; 3.4 Transition to steady state. - 3.5 Endogenous growth3.6 The CES case; 3.7 An alternative solution method; 3.8 Conclusion; 3.9 Exercises; 4 Endogenous technological change; 4.1 Some properties of technology; 4.2 The extended model; 4.3 Four cases; 4.4 Directed technological change; 4.5 Steady state direction (optional); 4.6 Conclusion; 4.7 Exercises; PART II: NATURAL RESOURCES; 5 Land; 5.1 The production factor land; 5.2 The general model; 5.3 Transitional dynamics; 5.4 The CES case; 5.5 A Cobb-Douglas case; 5.6 Variable population growth; 5.7 Conclusion; 5.8 Exercises; 5.9 Appendix; 6 Exhaustible resources. - 6.1 The energy constraint6.2 The general case; 6.3 Energy in the CES function; 6.4 A Cobb-Douglas case; 6.5 Transition to renewable energy; 6.6 The resource curse; 6.7 Conclusion; 6.8 Exercises; 6.9 Appendix; PART III: POLLUTION; 7 Pollution reduction by abatement; 7.1 Scale, composition, and technology effects; 7.2 Stock pollution; 7.3 Production, pollution, and abatement; 7.4 The growth model; 7.5 Abatement share; 7.6 Environmental policy; 7.7 Conclusion; 7.8 Exercises; 8 Pollution reduction by directed technological change; 8.1 A model with environmental technology; 8.2 Cobb-Douglas. - 8.3 CES8.4 Phasing out a polluting input; 8.5 Conclusion; 8.6 Exercises; 9 Utility maximization; 9.1 A general model; 9.2 A special case; 9.3 The Stokey model; 9.4 Increasing returns to abatement; 9.5 Empirics on the environmental Kuznets curve; 9.6 Conclusion; 9.7 Exercises; BIBLIOGRAPHY; AUTHOR INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; SUBJECT INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W. - Economic Growth and the Environment explores the debate on how to reconcile economic growth with protection of the natural environment, and the closely related discussion on whether an increasing scarcity of natural resources will eventually force economic growth to cease. The debate focusses on whether environmental policies will benefit the economy or not, and is divided into growth optimists and growth pessimists. In general, economists have been optimistic and havepointed to the possibilities of technological progress and substitution, yet they also acknowledge that natural resources and e
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| ISBN | 9780198705420. - 9780199663897
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