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Le principe de conservation de la matière dans le cadre du modèle d'Harrod-Domar

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[eng] The principle of matter conservation in the harrod-domar growth model. . This paper uses the Harrod-Domar model to analyse the implications of the law of mass conservation. The natural environment is assumed to supply raw materials to the economy and to absorb the non-recycled part of the waste coming from production and consumption. In the first part of the paper, the productivity of the natural resource is allowed to change only with the intensity of recycling. In this context growth is physically possible only if the ressource is used up at a sufficient pace, but this growth does not imply pollution if there is enough recycling. The second part assumes a given growth rate and analyses various ways of increasing resource productivity by affecting the life span of a finite, non-renewable resource. [fre] Le principe de conservation de la matière dans le cadre du modèle d'Harrod-Domar. . Cet article étudie les implications de la loi de la conservation de la matière dans le cadre du modèle d'Harrod-Domar. L'économie est placée au sein d'un environnement qui sert à la fois de fournisseur de matières premières et de réceptacle à la partie non recyclée des déchets de production et de consommation. Dans la première partie, la productivité de la ressource naturelle ne peut varier qu'en fonction de l'importance du recyclage. Dans ce contexte, il est montré que la croissance n'est physiquement réalisable que si la ressource est exploitée à un rythme suffisant. En revanche, un recyclage suffisant permet de concilier croissance et absence de pollution. Dans la seconde partie, d'autres facteurs susceptibles d'augmenter la productivité de la ressource sont étudiés à travers leur impact sur la durée de vie d'une ressource non renouvelable de taille finie et ce, à taux de croissance donné.

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  • Marc Germain, 1991. "Le principe de conservation de la matière dans le cadre du modèle d'Harrod-Domar," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 42(5), pages 833-850.
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    1. Vernon L. Smith, 1972. "Dynamics of Waste Accumulation: Disposal versus Recycling," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 86(4), pages 600-616.
    2. Perrings, Charles, 1986. "Conservation of mass and instability in a dynamic economy-environment system," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 13(3), pages 199-211, September.
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    1. Marc Germain, 2012. "Equilibres et effondrement dans le cadre d'un cycle naturel," Brussels Economic Review, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, vol. 55(4), pages 427-455.

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