Australia: a land of missed opportunities?

Comprehensive Investment (CI) may provide an indicator of future changes in a country's per capita consumption. The authors explore the utility of the CI indicator for Australia by constructing CI data since 1861 and by estimating their relationship with changes in future consumption over perio...

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Main Authors: Greasley, D., McLaughlin, E., Hanley, N., Oxley, Leslie
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56961
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author Greasley, D.
McLaughlin, E.
Hanley, N.
Oxley, Leslie
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Hanley, N.
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description Comprehensive Investment (CI) may provide an indicator of future changes in a country's per capita consumption. The authors explore the utility of the CI indicator for Australia by constructing CI data since 1861 and by estimating their relationship with changes in future consumption over periods of 50 years ahead. The CI measures include changes in natural, produced and human capital, and make allowance for exogenous technological progress. The results are used to consider how Australia's natural capital exploitation influenced the consumption of future generations. Further, the authors gauge if low CI relative to other leading OECD countries resulted in lower consumption levels in Australia over time than feasible, had it saved more.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-569612018-03-29T09:08:13Z Australia: a land of missed opportunities? Greasley, D. McLaughlin, E. Hanley, N. Oxley, Leslie Comprehensive Investment (CI) may provide an indicator of future changes in a country's per capita consumption. The authors explore the utility of the CI indicator for Australia by constructing CI data since 1861 and by estimating their relationship with changes in future consumption over periods of 50 years ahead. The CI measures include changes in natural, produced and human capital, and make allowance for exogenous technological progress. The results are used to consider how Australia's natural capital exploitation influenced the consumption of future generations. Further, the authors gauge if low CI relative to other leading OECD countries resulted in lower consumption levels in Australia over time than feasible, had it saved more. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56961 10.1017/S1355770X17000110 restricted
spellingShingle Greasley, D.
McLaughlin, E.
Hanley, N.
Oxley, Leslie
Australia: a land of missed opportunities?
title Australia: a land of missed opportunities?
title_full Australia: a land of missed opportunities?
title_fullStr Australia: a land of missed opportunities?
title_full_unstemmed Australia: a land of missed opportunities?
title_short Australia: a land of missed opportunities?
title_sort australia: a land of missed opportunities?
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56961