Equilibrium resource management with altruistic overlapping generations

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Year: 2015
Volume: 70
Issue: C
Pages: 1-16

Score contribution per author:

1.341 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

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

Abstract

We imbed a classic fishery model, where the optimal policy follows a Most Rapid Approach Path to a steady state, into an overlapping generations setting. The current generation discounts future generations׳ utility flows at a rate possibly different from the pure rate of time preference used to discount their own utility flows. The resulting model has non-constant discount rates, leading to time inconsistency. The unique Markov Perfect equilibrium to this model has a striking feature: provided that the current generation has some concern for the not-yet born, the equilibrium policy does not depend on the degree of that concern.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jeeman:v:70:y:2015:i:c:p:1-16
Journal Field
Environment
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25