Sustainability and substitution of exhaustible natural resources. How structural change affects long-term R and D-investments

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 536-549

  Bretschger, Lucas ^a   Smulders, Sjak ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endogenous technological change; Growth; Investment incentives; Non renewable resources; Substitution; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856729234     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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