The Hartwick rule as a conservation law

Authors
Publication date 2008
Series CeNDEF working papers, 08-11
Number of pages 7
Publisher onbekend: Afdeling Kwantitatieve Economie
Organisations
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute (ASE-RI)
Abstract Using conservation laws, we provide a new proof of the Hartwick result, i.e. there is intergenerational equity if and only if net investment is constant. Subsequently, the technique is used to show that constant net investment does not indicate intergenerational equity if consumers value the existence of an essential non-renewable resource.
Document type Report
Published at http://www1.fee.uva.nl/cendef/publications/papers/simpleproofHartwick_v2.pdf
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