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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Sustainability and Optimality in Economic Development: Theoretical Insights and Policy Prospects
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| Autores: |
Farzin, Y. Hossein
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| Data: |
2008-01-14
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| Ano: |
2007
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| Palavras-chave: |
Sustainability
Intergenerational equity
Optimality
Discounting
Development policy
International Development
Q01
Q56
O21
O13
D62
D63
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| Resumo: |
This paper takes sustainability to be a matter of intergenerational welfare equality and examines whether an optimal development path can also be sustainable. It argues that the general zero-net-aggregate-investment condition for an optimal development path to be sustainable in the sense of the maximin criterion of intergenerational justice is too demanding to be practical, especially in the context of developing countries. The maximin criterion of sustainability may be more appealing to the rich advanced industrial countries, but is too costly and ethically unreasonable for developing nations as it would act as an intergenerational poverty equalizer. The paper suggests that a compromise development policy that follows the optimal growth approach but adopts certain measures to mitigate the intergenerational and intragenerational welfare inequalities may better serve these countries. Some of the principal elements of such a policy are highlighted.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
28393
http://purl.umn.edu/7447
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)>Economic Theory and Applications Working Papers
ETA Nota di Lavoro 89.2007
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| Formato: |
32
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