Economics of Space and Time

Economics of Space and Time
Author: Ake E. Andersson
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2013-12-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642608779

A sample of Professor Tönu Puus contributions to economic theory, ranging from seminal results on investment criteria under imperfect capital markets, via rules for optimal resource extraction when the grade of the ore is heterogeneous, to modern nonlinear dynamics as applied to well-known economic fields such as business cycle analysis and oligopoly theory. Puus thinking on cultural economics and his views on the methodology of economic science shine through every paper in this volume.

The Political Economy of the Space Age

The Political Economy of the Space Age
Author: Andrea Sommariva
Publisher: Vernon Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2018-02-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1622732642

This book provides answers to the questions of why human-kind should go into space, and on the relative roles of governments and markets in the evolution of the space economy. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach to answer those questions. Science and technology define the boundaries of what is possible. The realization of the possible depends on economic, institutional, and political factors. The book thus draws from many different academic areas such as physical science, astronomy, astronautics, political science, economics, sociology, cultural studies, and history. In the literature, the space economy has been analyzed using different approaches from science and technology to the effects of public expenditures on economic growth and to medium term effects on productivity and growth. This book brings all these aspects together following the evolutionary theory of economic change. It studies processes that transform the economy through the interactions among diverse economic agents, governments, and the extra-systemic environment in which governments operate. Its historical part helps to better understand motivations and constraints - technical, political, and economical - that shaped the growth of the space economy. In the medium term, global issues - such as population changes, critical or limited natural resources, and environmental damages – and technological innovations are the main drivers for the evolution of the space economy beyond Earth orbit. In universities, this book can be used: as a reference by historians of astronautics; for researchers in the field of astronautics, international political economy, and legal issues related to the space economy. In think tanks and public institutions, both national and international, this book provides an input to the ongoing debate on the collaboration among space agencies and the role of private companies in the development of the space economy. Finally, this book will help the educated general public to orient himself in the forest of stimuli, news, and solicitations to which he is daily subjected by the media, television and radio, and to react in less passive ways to those stimuli.

The Space Economy

The Space Economy
Author: Barbara Bigliardi
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2019-08-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1527539180

This volume deals with key issues of the space economy, defined as the full range of activities and the use of resources that create value and benefits for human beings in the course of exploring, researching, understanding, managing and utilizing space. These topics are treated from an economic perspective, with particular attention paid to the development of knowledge, as well as the set-up of technologies with high industrial impacts. The book, thus, provides a new and wider interpretation of the space economy, focusing on the (tangible) returns of the investments made in the space industry since the Space Race. It will particularly appeal to scholars, researchers and PhD students, as well as those in the space community.

Earth’s Orbits at Risk The Economics of Space Sustainability

Earth’s Orbits at Risk The Economics of Space Sustainability
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2022-09-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9264686797

This publication takes stock of the growing socio-economic dependence of our modern societies on space assets, and the general threats to space-based infrastructure from debris in particular. Notably, it provides fresh insights into the value of space-based infrastructure and the potential costs generated by space debris, drawing on new academic research developed especially for the OECD project on the economics of space sustainability.

The Long Space Age

The Long Space Age
Author: Alexander C. MacDonald
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0300219326

A NASA insider highlights the current and historic roles of private enterprise in humanity s pursuit of spaceflight"

Technology Differences over Space and Time

Technology Differences over Space and Time
Author: Francesco Caselli
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2016-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0691146020

Technology Differences over Space and Time looks at how countries use their productive resources—such as workers, skills, equipment and structures, and natural resources. Francesco Caselli develops methods to assess the efficiency with which productive inputs are used, and how these efficiencies vary across countries and over time. Caselli finds that richer countries use skilled workers relatively more efficiently than unskilled workers, and equipment and structures relatively more efficiently than natural resources. They also are relatively more efficient users of labor than of capital. Technological change tends to make countries particularly efficient at using skills and less efficient at using capital. Technical change also favors experienced workers. In order to interpret and understand these findings, Caselli presents a theory of technology choice. In this theory, firms pick technologies that make the most efficient use of the most abundant production factors when these factors are good substitutes for the less abundant factors. Firms pick technologies that make the most of less abundant factors when other suitable factors are not available for substitution. For example, rich countries, where skilled workers are abundant, use skilled workers efficiently, as these are good substitutes for unskilled workers. This flexible framework can be applied to other pairs of inputs, over time, and across countries. Technology Differences over Space and Time has significant implications not only for the theoretical understanding of development and technological innovation, but also for government formulation of industrial policy and multinationals making decisions about what to invest in and where to make those investments.

Space Is Open for Business

Space Is Open for Business
Author: Robert C. Jacobson
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-06
Genre: Aerospace industries
ISBN: 9781734205114

For hundreds of thousands of years, humanity focused on space as a location. Today, space is not just a destination-it is a domain, an ecosystem, an enabler of progress, and quite possibly the most valuable industry of the twenty-first century.Three things you need to know: Space as an industry is notoriously complex-which means it's misunderstood. Space influences and benefits nearly every other industry on the planet. Accessing space has never been easier.Space investor and entrepreneur Robert C. Jacobson provides a comprehensive overview of this spectacular industry, allowing everyone on Earth to understand the integral role space plays in our lives and how it will continue to transform the world. Over one hundred industry experts share exclusive insights, presenting a 360-degree view of the wide-ranging space industry, its emerging opportunities, investment potential, benefits on Earth, and more.Space Is Open for Business provides a framework for those outside of the industry to understand the critical context that led to the commercial movement known as NewSpace, illustrating how private sector trailblazers have evolved this $350 billion global industry and how NewSpace's exponential growth will lead our world into a new era of progress.Foreword by David S. Rose Founder, New York Angels | Associate Founder, Singularity University"A sweeping guide that will inspire you to think big about space, the space economy, and your role within it."Matthew C. Weinzierl, Ph.D., Harvard Business School

The Space Economy at a Glance 2007

The Space Economy at a Glance 2007
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2007-10-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9264040846

This book paints a richly detailed picture of the space industry, its downstream services activities, and its wider economic and social impacts.

OECD Handbook on Measuring the Space Economy

OECD Handbook on Measuring the Space Economy
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2012-02-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9264169164

This publication provides a summary of the key methodological issues surrounding indicators and statistics on the space sector and the larger space economy.

The Economics of Space Sustainability Delivering Economic Evidence to Guide Government Action

The Economics of Space Sustainability Delivering Economic Evidence to Guide Government Action
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2024-06-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9264548084

Earth's orbits are polluted by more than 100 million debris objects that pose a collision threat to satellites and other spacecraft. The risk of perturbing highly valuable space-based services critical to life on Earth, such as weather monitoring and disaster management, is making debris mitigation an urgent policy challenge. This book provides the latest findings from the OECD project on the economics of space sustainability, which aims to improve decision makers’ understanding of the societal value of space infrastructure and costs of space debris. It provides comprehensive evidence on the growth of space debris, presents methods to evaluate and quantify the value of the satellites at risk and discusses ways to ensure a more sustainable use of the orbital environment. It notably includes case studies from Italy, Japan and Korea on the socio-economic value of different types of space infrastructure and discusses the feasibility and optimal design of fiscal measures and voluntary environmental rating schemes to change operator behaviour. This work is informed by contributions from researchers worldwide involved in the OECD project.