Capital accumulation and resource depletion: A hartwick rule counterfactual

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 517-533

  Hamilton, Kirk ^a   Ruta, Giovanni ^a   Tajibaeva, Liaila ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exhaustible resources; Hartwick rule; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INVESTMENTS; NATURAL RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CAPITAL ACCUMULATION; HARTWICK RULE; RESOURCE DEPLETION; RESOURCE EXTRACTION;

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING;

CAPITAL; EXPLOITATION; INVESTMENT; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ASIA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AFRICA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GABON; KOREA; LESSER ANTILLES; NIGERIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH KOREA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VENEZUELA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33747520004     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-006-0011-2     Document Type: Article

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