51勛圖厙

Robert D. Cairns

Academic title(s): 

Professor

Robert D. Cairns
Contact Information
Email address: 
robert.cairns [at] mcgill.ca
Address: 

855 Sherbrooke St. W.
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 2T7

Phone: 
514-398-6816
Degree(s): 

PhD,泭Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Office: 
Leacock 435
Curriculum vitae: 
Research areas: 
Natural Resource Economics
Industrial Organization
Environmental Economics
Biography: 

Robert Cairns came to 51勛圖厙in 1978. His research is in natural resource economics and industrial economics. Main subjects of his current work are green accounting and sustainability theory.

Selected publications: 

Measurement of Diverse, Irreversible Capital, Review of Income and Wealth 69,4, December 2023: 931951.

Sustainability of an Economy Relying on Two Reproducible Assets, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 101, 145-160, Feb. 2019 (with S. del Campo and V. Martinet)

The Green Paradox: A Hotelling Cul de Sac, Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy 8, 2, 2019, DOI:10.5547/2160-5890.8.2.rcai (with J.L. Smith)

Stranded Oil of Erewhon, Energy Policy 121, October 2018, 248-251.

The Odd Notion of Reversible Investment, Journal of Banking and Finance 81C, 2017, 172180 (with G.A. Davis).

Faustmanns Formulas for Forests, Natural Resource Modeling, 30 (1), 2017: 52 73.

Mineral Depletion and the Rules of Resource Dynamics, The Energy Journal, 36 SI1, 2015: 159-178 (with G. Davis).

An Environmental-Economic Measure of Sustainable Development, European Economic Review 69: 4-17, July 2014 (with V. Martinet).

Sustainability or the Measurement of Wealth?, Environment and Development Economics 18, 5: 640-648, October 2013.

The Fundamental Problem of Accounting, Canadian Journal of Economics 46, 2: 634-655, May 2013.

Green Microaccounting for Oil Extraction in Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics, Vol. 1, J.F. Shogren (ed.), Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 151-155, 2013.

OPEC: Market Failure or Power Failure?, Energy Policy 50: 570-580, November 2012 (with E. Calfucura)

Good Timing: The Economics of Optimal Stopping, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 36, 1: 255 265, February 2012 (with G.A. Davis)

Accounting for Sustainability: A Dissenting Opinion, Sustainability 3: 1341-1356, 2011.

Group: 
Professor
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