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| Author: | Ruth, M. |
| Title: | Thermodynamic implications for natural resource extraction and technical change in U.S. copper mining |
| Journal: | Environmental and Resource Economics
1995 : SEP, VOL. 6:2, p. 187-206 |
| Index terms: | USA COPPER INDUSTRY CHANGE |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Motivated by the lack of integrated approaches that do justice to both the thermodynamic and economic aspects of natural resource use and the lack of empirical studies combining the two disciplines, this paper provides an integrated framework for the valuation of technologies, substitution and technical change. The paper determines empirically the relationships between thermodynamic states of materials and the use of high-quality energy sources for the case of copper mining in the United States. |
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