Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63018 
Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
Memorandum No. 2000,11
Publisher: 
University of Oslo, Department of Economics, Oslo
Abstract: 
We consider the Hartwick rule for capital accumulation and resource depletion, provide semantic clarifications and investigate whether this rule indicates sustainability and requires substitutability between manmade and natural capital. In addition to shedding light on the meaning of the Hartwick rule by reviewing established results, we establish the following novel finding: The value of net investments being negative does not imply that utility is unsustainable. Throughout we make the assumption of a constant technology, without which the Hartwick rule does not apply.
Subjects: 
Hartwick rule
natural resources
sustainability
JEL: 
D9
Q01
Q3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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