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The paper attempts to reformulate the old problem of the optimum size of population in the context of negative externalities and environmental factors. Historically two approaches to this problem can be distinguished.
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Felderer, B. (1976). Environment and Population Optimum. In: Chatterji, M., Van Rompuy, P. (eds) Environment, Regional Science and Interregional Modeling. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 127. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45488-2_7
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