Sustainability and endogenous growth /

Sustainability and endogenous growth /

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Author / Creator:Pittel, Karen, 1969-
Imprint:Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., c2002.
Description:xi, 211 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:New horizons in environmental economics
Subject:
Sustainable development.
Endogenous growth (Economics)
Endogenous growth (Economics)
Sustainable development.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4864989
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ISBN:1843760479
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-203) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I. A Survey of the Field
  • 1. Sustainable Development and Growth
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Sustainable Economic Development
  • 1.2.1. Concepts of Sustainable Development
  • 1.2.2. Welfare and Sustainable Development
  • 1.3. Sustainable Economic Growth
  • 1.3.1. Quantitative versus Qualitative Growth
  • 1.3.2. Limits to Growth
  • 1.4. Sustainable Growth in Endogenous Growth Models
  • 1.5. Conclusions
  • 2. Modeling Sustainable Development and Endogenous Growth
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Interactions between the Environment and the Economic Sphere
  • 2.2.1. Interactions between the Production Sector(s) and the Environment
  • 2.2.2. Interactions between the Household Sector and the Environment
  • 2.3. Stock and Flow Representations of the Environment
  • 2.3.1. Resource and Pollution Stocks
  • 2.3.2. Resource and Pollution Flows
  • 2.4. Feasibility of Sustainable Growth
  • 2.4.1. Input Substitution
  • 2.4.2. Abatement
  • 2.5. Optimality of Sustainable Growth
  • 2.6. Decentralized Growth and Governmental Intervention
  • 2.6.1. Decentralized and Optimal Development Paths
  • 2.6.2. Internalization of Environmental Externalities
  • 2.7. Conclusions
  • 3. Models of Endogenous Sustainable Growth
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. The Environment in Different Types of Endogenous Growth Models
  • 3.2.1. One-Sector Models
  • 3.2.2. Multi-Sector Models
  • 3.3. Selected Environmental Problems
  • 3.3.1. Recycling
  • 3.3.2. Time Preference
  • 3.3.3. Trade, Capital Flows and Transnational Spillovers
  • 3.3.4. Uncertainty
  • 3.3.5. Population Growth
  • 3.3.6. Endogenous Labor Supply and Unemployment
  • 3.3.7. Balanced Growth and Transitional Dynamics
  • 3.4. Conclusions
  • Part II. Aspects of Growth and Sustainability
  • 4. Sustainable Growth and Recycling
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. The Model
  • 4.3. Balanced and Sustainable Growth
  • 4.4. Market Solution
  • 4.5. Environmental Policy
  • 4.6. Complete Recycling
  • 4.7. Conclusions
  • 5. Sustainable Growth and Endogenous Time Preference
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. The Model
  • 5.3. Balanced Growth
  • 5.4. An Example
  • 5.5. Exogenous versus Endogenous Discount Rates
  • 5.6. Market Solution and Optimal Policy
  • 5.7. Conclusions
  • 5.8. Appendix
  • 5.8.1. Marginal Utilities (Volterra Derivatives)
  • 5.8.2. Convergence of the Objective Functional
  • 5.8.3. Equilibrium [psi subscript e]
  • 6. Pollution, Economic Integration and Endogenous Growth
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Economic Integration in a Learning by Doing Model
  • 6.2.1. The Model
  • 6.2.2. Market Equilibrium and Transitional Dynamics
  • 6.2.3. Environmental Policy
  • 6.2.4. Economic Integration
  • 6.3. Economic Integration in Research-Driven Growth Models
  • 6.3.1. The Model
  • 6.3.2. Social Planner Solution
  • 6.3.3. The Decentralized Economy
  • 6.4. Conclusions
  • 6.5. Appendix
  • 6.5.1. Social Planner Solution (KDS)
  • 6.5.2. Social Planner Solution (LES)
  • 6.5.3. Decentralized Growth Equilibrium (KDS)
  • 6.5.4. Decentralized Growth Equilibrium (LES)
  • Summary and Outlook
  • References
  • Index
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