Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/30781 
Year of Publication: 
1997
Series/Report no.: 
Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge No. 17
Publisher: 
Universität Potsdam, Lehrstuhl Finanzwissenschaft, Potsdam
Abstract: 
The paper is an enquiry into dynamic social contract theory. The social contract defines the rules of resource use. An intergenerational social contract in an economy with a single exhaustible resource is examined within a framework of an overlapping generations model. It is assumed that new generations do not accept the old social contract, and access to resources will be renegotiated between any incumbent generation and their successors. It turns out that later generations will be in an unfortunate position regardless of their bargaining power.
JEL: 
D90
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
111.98 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.