Pareto optimality in the extraction of fossil fuels and the greenhouse effect: a note

This note generalizes the Solow-Stiglitz efficiency condition for natural resources to the problem of fossil fuel extraction with a greenhouse effect. The generalized optimality condition suggests that the greenhouse effect implies overextraction in the sense of leaving future generations a wrongly...

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1. Verfasser: Sinn, Hans-Werner 1948- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2007
Schriftenreihe:National Bureau of Economic Research <Cambridge, Mass.>: NBER working paper series 13453
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Zusammenfassung:This note generalizes the Solow-Stiglitz efficiency condition for natural resources to the problem of fossil fuel extraction with a greenhouse effect. The generalized optimality condition suggests that the greenhouse effect implies overextraction in the sense of leaving future generations a wrongly composed wealth portfolio with too few natural resources relative to man-made capital. This judgment is independent of society's ethical preferences concerning the well-being of future generations.
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