Is Hartwick’s rule a necessary condition for efficient and constant consumption in Solow’s (1974) model? Until recently this has been an open question; this is surprising given the prominence of the model.
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Withagen, C., Asheim, G.B., Buchholz, W. (2007). Maximin, Discounting, and Separating Hyperplanes. In: Justifying, Characterizing and Indicating Sustainability. Sustainability, Economics, and Natural Resources, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6200-1_13
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