Economic Theory of Optimal Population

by Klaus F. Zimmermann

We are used to calling most developing countries overpopulated and consi- dering some industrialized countries (like West Germany) threatened by underpopulation. Analogous population policies with different objecti- ves are discussed. However, none of the measures suggested can be justi- fied or evaluated without an implicit concept of optimum population, a notion which has attracted attention ever since economics was made a science. The relevance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642500455
• ISBN13: 9783642500459
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.6"