Viable Ramsey Economies

Noël Bonneuil and Raouf Boucekkine (raouf.boucekkine@univ-amu.fr)
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Noël Bonneuil: INED - Institut national d'études démographiques, EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales

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Abstract: The Ramsey model of economic growth is revisited from the perspective of viability theory. The Ramsey model, augmented with minimal consumption and sustainability criteria, becomes a viability problem. The framework allows for a clear picture of optimal viable, optimal nonviable, and viable nonoptimal paths. The drastic sacrifices in terms of present consumption required by the implementation of Brundtland sustainability are visualized, the rich countries bearing the major part of the burden. The econometric analysis of viability sets enhances the role of technological progress in ensuring Brundtland sustainability. Preference parameters such as the pure time preference rate are statistically nonsignificant.

Keywords: Economie; quantitative (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Published in Canadian Journal of Economics, 2014, 47 (2), pp.422--441. ⟨10.1111/caje.12084⟩

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DOI: 10.1111/caje.12084

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