Dasgupta, Partha. Economic theory and exhaustible resources / [electronic resource] / by P.S. Dasgupta, G.M. Heal.. — Welwyn [Eng.] : [Cambridge, Eng.] : : J. Nisbet ; : Cambridge University Press,, 1979.. — xiv, 501 p. : : ill. ; 22 cm. — (Cambridge economic handbooks). - Cambridge economic handbooks. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 481-495) and index.
A preview -- Resource allocation in a timeless world -- Externalities -- Intertemporal equilibrium -- Renewable resources : some ecological and environmental models -- Exhaustible resources : an introduction -- Production with exhaustible resources -- Resource depletion and capital accumulation in a competitive economy -- Measurability, comparability and the aggregation of intergenerational welfares -- The optimal depletion of exhaustible resources -- Imperfect competition and exhaustible resources -- Taxation of exhaustible resources -- Uncertainty, information and the allocation of risk -- Uncertainty and the allocation of resources -- Price movements in resource markets -- Conclusions.