Hart, Robert
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
We model a competitive economy in which production is dependent on labor and a non-renewable resource, the stock of which is inhomogeneous. We solve the model analytically and show how in infinite time the economy moves away from an initial balanced growth path (b.g.p.) and towards a mature b.g.p. The characteristics of the initial b.g.p. match historical observations of slowly declining resource price and consumption growth tracking global product. The mature b.g.p. depends on the nature of the stock; the more steeply cross-sectional area declines with depth, the faster the rate of price increase. We show how the theoretical model may be adapted and parameterized to explain and predict the evolution of markets for specific resources, applying the model in two cases, copper and petroleum. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Non-renewable natural resources; Exhaustible resources; Hotelling rule
Published in
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
2016, volume: 71, pages: 1-20
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Economics
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2016.07.006
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/79790