An optimal path to extinction?. Poverty and resource degradation in the open agrarian economy

Charles Perrings

doi:10.1016/0304-3878(89)90048-5

An optimal path to extinction?. Poverty and resource degradation in the open agrarian economy

Charles Perrings

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This paper constructs a model of the open agrarian economy in order to explore the tendency of many such economies to evolve along paths characterised by severe environmental degradation. It pays special attention to the importance of commodity prices and the transfer system in determining agricultural activity levels in ecologically delicate systems.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-24
Number of pages	24
Journal	Journal of Development Economics
Volume	30
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3878(89)90048-5
State	Published - Jan 1989
Externally published	Yes

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