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Hartwick’s Rule and Alaska’s allocation of petroleum rents to consumption and investment, 1977-2010. by Gregg Erickson for 32 nd IAEE Conference Anchorage, Alaska July 28-August 31, 2013. Where the oil money went: A 36-year Alaska retrospective.
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Hartwick’s RuleandAlaska’sallocation of petroleum rents to consumption and investment, 1977-2010 by Gregg Erickson for 32nd IAEE Conference Anchorage, Alaska July 28-August 31, 2013 Erickson & Associates Juneau, Alaska & Bend, Oregon
Where the oil money went:A 36-year Alaska retrospective Erickson & Associates Juneau, Alaska & Bend, Oregon
“Invest all profits or rents from exhaustible resources in reproducible capital.” Canadian economist John Hartwick (1977) Erickson & Associates Juneau, Alaska & Bend, Oregon
Corollary to Hartwick’s Rule:To the extent rents are diverted to consumption, future generations will suffer. Erickson & Associates Juneau, Alaska & Bend, Oregon
Options:ConsumptionInvestmentReal productive assetsIntangible productive assetsFinancial assets Stabilization (rainy day funds) Live off the income (perm. Fund) Erickson & Associates Juneau, Alaska & Bend, Oregon
Erickson & Associates Juneau, Alaska & Bend, Oregon
Erickson & Associates Juneau, Alaska & Bend, Oregon