Sustainability, Optimality, and Development Policy
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چکیده
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Sustainability , Optimality , and Development Policy
Considering sustainability a matter of intergenerational welfare equity, this paper examines whether an optimal development path can also be sustainable. It argues that the general “zero-net-aggregateinvestment” 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 contex...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Review of Development Economics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1363-6669,1467-9361
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2010.00551.x