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Georgescu-Roegen and the 'irreversibility' of material processes

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  • Perrings, Charles, 1997. "Georgescu-Roegen and the 'irreversibility' of material processes," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 22(3), pages 303-304, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolec:v:22:y:1997:i:3:p:303-304
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    1. Claude Henry, 1974. "Investment decisions under uncertainty: The "irreversibility effect"," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/327343, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    2. Amir, Shmuel, 1994. "The role of thermodynamics in the study of economic and ecological systems," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 10(2), pages 125-142, July.
    3. Clark, Colin W & Clarke, Frank H & Munro, Gordon R, 1979. "The Optimal Exploitation of Renewable Resource Stocks: Problems of Irreversible Investment," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 47(1), pages 25-47, January.
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    2. Philippe Dulbecco & Pierre Garrouste, 2004. "Théorie de la dynamique économique. Une réévaluation de la tentative de Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen," Recherches économiques de Louvain, De Boeck Université, vol. 70(1), pages 5-29.

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