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Can Trade Benefit Natural Resources under Population Growth? The Role of Manufacturing's Returns to Scale

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I examine whether trade can improve the impact of population growth on natural resources (NR) and welfare over time. Under autarky, population growth results in NR and welfare collapse over time for any value of the returns to scale in the manufacturing sector, ϕ. Under trade, NR and welfare are unchanged (increase) (collapse) over time for ϕ = (>)(

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  • Schiff, Maurice, 2025. "Can Trade Benefit Natural Resources under Population Growth? The Role of Manufacturing's Returns to Scale," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1700, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:glodps:1700
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    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
    • F18 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Environment
    • Q27 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Issues in International Trade
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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