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6 - The Natural Environment

from Part II - Unified Growth Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2022

Gregory Ponthiere
Gregory Ponthiere
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Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
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This chapter provides an institutional variant of the model studied in the previous chapter, where the key variable driving the economy's latent dynamics is the quality of institutions. This chapter also analyses, using that framework, the interactions between economic development, institutional changes and inequalities.

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Natural environmentcongestionfinite planetnatural resourcespollutioncritical thresholdslong-run dynamicsstagnation regimegrowth regimeregime shiftsnon-reproductiondepopulation
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The Economics of the Long Period , pp. 130 - 156
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • The Natural Environment
  • Gregory Ponthiere, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
  • Book: The Economics of the Long Period
  • Online publication: 11 August 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009169752.009
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  • The Natural Environment
  • Gregory Ponthiere, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
  • Book: The Economics of the Long Period
  • Online publication: 11 August 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009169752.009
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  • The Natural Environment
  • Gregory Ponthiere, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
  • Book: The Economics of the Long Period
  • Online publication: 11 August 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009169752.009
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