Sustainability as intergenerational fairness: Efficiency, uncertainty, and numerical methods

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 581-593

  Woodward, Richard T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Intergenerational equity; Numerical methods; Sustainability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; SUSTAINABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

EID: 0033851840     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00048     Document Type: Article

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