The Theory of Interstellar Trade

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Astroeconomics)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Italic title The Theory of Interstellar Trade[1] is a paper on hypothetical space trade written in 1978 by Nobel Prize winner in economics Paul Krugman. The paper was first published in March 2010 in the journal Economic Inquiry.[2] He described the paper as something he wrote to cheer himself up when he was an "oppressed assistant professor" caught up in the academic rat race.[3]

Commentary

Responding to the paper, the economist Tyler Cowen speculated on how time travel affects time preference discounting.[4]

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. Krugman, Paul (1978), "The Theory of Interstellar Trade", July 1978
  2. Paul Krugman. "The Theory of Interstellar Trade", Economic Inquiry, March 2010.
  3. Paul Krugman, "Economics: the final frontier", The New York Times, March 11, 2008
  4. Tyler Cowen, "The theory of interstellar trade", Marginal Revolution, March 11, 2008

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".