Steady-state growth in a Hotelling model of resource extraction

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-83

  Cynthia Lin, C Y ^a   Wagner, Gernot ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hotelling; Nonrenewable resources; Resource prices

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MARKETING; TECHNOLOGY;

HOTELLING PROBLEM; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES; RESOURCE PRICES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EXPLOITATION; GROWTH RATE; MARKET; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; PRICING POLICY;

EID: 34250719276     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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