Rent, Resources, Technologies /

Rent, resources, and technologies are three crucial issues to the understanding of history and economics. The scarcity of resources, its interplay with technology, and the role of rent in explaining both economic growth and income distribution are investigated by adopting a multi-sectoral and non-pr...

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Main Author: Quadrio Curzio, Alberto
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pellizzari, Fausta
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1999.
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Summary:Rent, resources, and technologies are three crucial issues to the understanding of history and economics. The scarcity of resources, its interplay with technology, and the role of rent in explaining both economic growth and income distribution are investigated by adopting a multi-sectoral and non-proportional model, where scarce resources impose several scale constraints that may slow growth, but may contribute to further development of new technologies. In this dynamic framework the category of rent acquires new dimensions with far-reaching implications for both the system of prices and the distribution of income. The analytical and formal-theoretical perspective of this book could be used as a basis for future historical and quantitative studies.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 259 pages)
ISBN:9783662039458 (electronic bk.)
3662039451 (electronic bk.)