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The simple analytics of developing resources from resources

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  • Michel Moreaux

    (LERNA - Economie des Ressources Naturelles - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)

  • Francesco Ricci

    (LERNA - Economie des Ressources Naturelles - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)

Abstract

We show that the social desirability of a resource substitute systematically depends on the pattern of resources—either renewable (RR) or non-renewable (NRR)—involved in the resource substitute development program. Developing a RR in an NRR-based economy is particularly rewarding because the part of the NRR stock, which would be consumed in the absence of the RR substitute, provides funding for the development program. A RR-based economy is more demanding than a NRR-based one because (i) it feels richer since its consumption is not doomed to decline, and (ii) its sacrifice, in terms of foregone consumption during the investment phase, cannot be managed and reduced with the same flexibility as in a NRR-based economy, which is freer in shifting resource use across time. Thus the larger the willingness to smooth consumption, the greater is the investment in the NRR-based economy, the smaller in the RR-based one.

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  • Michel Moreaux & Francesco Ricci, 2005. "The simple analytics of developing resources from resources," Post-Print hal-02670304, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02670304
    DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2004.06.001
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    1. Fabre, Adrien & Fodha, Mouez & Ricci, Francesco, 2020. "Mineral resources for renewable energy: Optimal timing of energy production," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 59(C).
    2. Amigues, Jean-Pierre & Moreaux, Michel, 2008. "Dedicated Technical Progress with a Non-renewable Resource: Efficiency and Optimality," IDEI Working Papers 497, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse.

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