Sustainable Resource Use and Economic Dynamics
Lucas Bretschger, Sjak Smulders - Sustainable Resource Use and Economic Dynamics
Published: 2007-07-24 | ISBN: 1402062923, 9048175984 | PDF | 229 pages | 3 MB
The chapters in the book cover a broad range of aspects regarding the relationship between natural resource use and long-term economic development. The book surveys existing literature as well as adds to frontier research. In particular, the following topics are studied: incentives for adoption and diffusion of clean technology, resource scarcity and limits to growth, international convergence of energy intensity, and the social norms shaping resource depletion.