Generous Sustainability

B-Tier
Journal: Ecological Economics
Year: 2017
Volume: 136
Issue: C
Pages: 94-100

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

I define “generous sustainability” as a combination of two conditions: neither instantaneous maximin utility nor attainable maximin utility should decrease over time. I provide a formal definition and study applications to a Climate Economy with bounded and with unbounded growth. Generosity is shown to require that GHG emissions are limited to levels that do not cause irreversible system damages if some group of people systematically value these systems.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolec:v:136:y:2017:i:c:p:94-100
Journal Field
Environment
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-25