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On Optimal Capacity Expansion for Domestic Processing of an Exhaustible, Natural Resource

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  • Kumar, R.C.

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The issue of optimal capacity expansion for domestic processing of exhaustible, natural resource exports in a small open economy is analysed in the context of non-melleable capital.

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  • Kumar, R.C., 1996. "On Optimal Capacity Expansion for Domestic Processing of an Exhaustible, Natural Resource," Working Papers 9607, University of Waterloo, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    NATURAL RESOURCES; TRADE;

    JEL classification:

    • Q31 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Demand and Supply; Prices
    • Q32 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Exhaustible Resources and Economic Development

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