Capital accumulation and resource depletion: A hartwick rule counterfactual

Kirk Hamilton; Giovanni Ruta; Liaila Tajibaeva

doi:10.1007/s10640-006-0011-2

Capital accumulation and resource depletion: A hartwick rule counterfactual

Kirk Hamilton, Giovanni Ruta, Liaila Tajibaeva

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How much produced capital would resource-abundant countries have today if they had actually followed the Hartwick Rule (invest resource rents in other assets) over the last 30 years? We employ time series data on investment and rents on exhaustible resource extraction for 70 countries to answer this question. The results are striking: Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and Gabon would all have as much produced capital as South Korea, while Nigeria would have five times its current level. A specific rule for sustainability - maintain positive constant genuine investment - is shown to lead to unbounded consumption.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	517-533
Number of pages	17
Journal	Environmental and Resource Economics
Volume	34
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-006-0011-2
State	Published - Aug 2006
Externally published	Yes

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The opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the World Bank. The comments of Jean-Christophe Carret, Roberto Martin- Hurtado and two reviewers are gratefully acknowledged – the usual caveats apply. Funding by the Swedish International Development Agency is acknowledged with thanks.

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Exhaustible resources
Hartwick rule
Sustainable development

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