Autore
Borghesi, Simone

Titolo
Intergenerational altruism and sustainable development
Periodico
European University Institute of Badia Fiesolana (Fi). Department of Economics - Working papers
Anno: 1999 - Fascicolo: 40 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 44

Despite thè global nature of many ecological problema, so far little has been done to realise an international environmental in-tervention. The ecological policies of most industrialised couritries have beeri mainly addressed to guarantee an envirorimentally sus-tainable future to their own direct descendants rather than to thè earth as a whole. This consideration raises thè following issue: can this "partial" intergenerational altruism achieve sustainable developmerit? Taking thè notion of fairness as criterion of sustainable development, thè paper examines thè effects of partial intergenerational altruism in a simple two-region (North-South) non cooperative Nash Equilibrium model.




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