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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Interpreting sustainability in economic terms: Dynamic efficiency plus intergenerational equity
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Robert N Stavins
  • Alexander Wagner
  • Gernot Wagner
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Economics Letters
Publisher Elsevier
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0165-1765
Volume 79
Number 3
Page Range 339 - 343
Date 2003
Abstract Text Economists have confined the concept of "sustainability" to intertemporal distributional equity.We propose a broader definition, combining dynamic efficiency and intergenerational equity, and relate it to two concepts from neoclassical economics: potential Pareto-improvements and inter-personal compensation.
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Official URL https://www.uzh.ch/dam/bf/persons/employee-assets/wagner_alexander/papers/StavinsWagnerWagner_Sustainability_2003.pdf
Digital Object Identifier 10.1016/S0165-1765(03)00036-3
Other Identification Number merlin-id:9302
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