 Growth, Innovation and Natural ResourcesNo disbei159, EIIW Discussion paper from Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, University Library Abstract: Key aspects of economic growth and sustainable consumption are highlighted in the context of a modified neoclassical growth model. If we consider the topic of optimum growth in a broader context the notion of efficient specialization - in accordance with relative factor endowment - has to be distinguished from optimum specialization. For most resource rich countries long term economic growth is possible, namely if sufficient investment in research and development plus education is realized in the context of a dynamic open economy. As the exploitation of natural resources is likely to decline in the very long run in many countries - including in Russia - the level of the growth path should be expected to reduce in the steady state. Adequate long term emphasis on innovation dynamics is crucial for sustained growth where innovation should include strong emphasis on renewable energies and energy-efficient technologies. Here international cooperation among countries could be very useful and new joint international projects among countries from different continents indeed should be explored. Keywords: Growth; Innovation; Sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bwu:eiiwdp:disbei159 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in EIIW Discussion paper from Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, University Library |
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