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dc.contributor.authorFünfgelt, Joachimen
dc.contributor.authorBaumgärtner, Stefanen
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-20-
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-17T12:56:00Z-
dc.date.available2012-04-17T12:56:00Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/57167-
dc.description.abstractWe develop and formalize a utilitarian notion of responsibility for sustainability which is inspired by Singer's (1972) principle and the Brundtland Commission's notion ofsustainability (WCED 1987). We relate this notion of responsibility to established criteria forthe assessment of intertemporal societal choice, namely Pareto-efficiency, (discounted) utilitarian welfare maximization, and Brundtland-sustainability. Using a two-generationsresource-model, we find the following. Sustainability and responsibility for sustainability are equivalent if and only if sustainability is feasible. If it is not, there still exists a responsible allocation which is also Pareto-efficient. Further, the utilitarian welfare maximum without discounting always fulfills the criterion of responsibility. Discounting may be responsible to a certain extent if sustainability is feasible. If sustainability is not feasible, discounting is not responsible.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aLeuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre |cLüneburgen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper Series in Economics |x234en
dc.subject.jelD63en
dc.subject.jelD90en
dc.subject.jelQ01en
dc.subject.jelG56en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordbasic needsen
dc.subject.keywordBrundtlanden
dc.subject.keyworddiscountingen
dc.subject.keywordethicsen
dc.subject.keywordnatural resourcesen
dc.subject.keywordPareto efficiencyen
dc.subject.keywordresponsibilityen
dc.subject.keywordSingeren
dc.subject.keywordsustainabilityen
dc.subject.keywordutilitarianismen
dc.subject.stwNachhaltige Entwicklungen
dc.subject.stwVerantwortungen
dc.subject.stwUtilitarismusen
dc.subject.stwGrundbedürfnisseen
dc.subject.stwAbzinsungen
dc.subject.stwPareto-Optimumen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleA utilitarian notion of responsibility for sustainability-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn688845541en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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