A step beside the maximin path: Can we sustain the economy by following Hartwick's investment rule?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-108

  Martinet, Vincent ^a,b  

^a INRA ALISS   (France)

^b School of Oriental and African Studies   (France)

Author keywords

Hartwick's rule; Non renewable resources; Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INVESTMENT; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 34548757894     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.07.019     Document Type: Article

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