Depletion of natural resources, technological uncertainty, and the adoption of technological substitutes

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-108

  Just, Richard E ^a   Netanyahu, Sinaia ^b   Olson, Lars J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Backstop technology; Desalination; Increasing resistance; Resource depletion; Uncertain discovery of technology

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INVESTMENTS;

BACKSTOP TECHNOLOGY; RESOURCE DEPLETION; TECHNOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

RESOURCE DEPLETION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUBSTITUTION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

EID: 18144368039     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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