This textbook provides an introduction to the field of mineral economics and its use in
understanding the behaviour of mineral commodity markets and in assessing both public …

Critical minerals play a crucial role in making eco-friendly and sustainable technology a
reality. Yet, these essential minerals face challenges such as disruptions in their supply …

The Durapolist Puzzle: Monopoly Power in Durable-Goods Markets Page 1 The Durapolist Puzzle:
Monopoly Power in Durable-Goods Markets Barak Y. Orbacht This Article studies the durapolist …

Policymakers around the world are increasingly embracing the idea of a “circular
economy”(CE), an economy built on the principle of reuse of materials and produced goods …

We investigate to what extent recycling can remedy resource scarcity, and whether market
intervention is desired. For doing so, we develop a dynamic model of the global lithium …

Manfred Kirchgeorg analysiert die unternehmensstrategischen Gestaltungsprobleme von
Stoffkreisläufen aus Herstellersicht und entwickelt ein Phasenmodell für die integrierte …

Market concentration among buyers of recycled materials is a phenomenon discussed since
the 1980 s by the anti-trust literature. Yet, there is still a lack of studies on simultaneous …

This paper presents a more general model of the “recycling problem” and uses it to re-
examine the Alcoa antitrust case of 1945. There are three primary empirical results: 1) in the …

We investigate how the relationship between capital accumulation and pollution is affected
by the source of pollution: production or consumption. We are interested in polluting waste …

We examine the best extraction strategies for the provider of an exhaustible resource that
can be recycled. In a two-period model of resource extraction, the extractor faces …