Optimal transition to backstop substitutes for nonrenewable resources

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 551-572

  Tsur, Yacov ^a   Zemel, Amos ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Backstop technologies; MRAP; Nonrenewable resources; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037290038     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1889(01)00061-6     Document Type: Article

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