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The author is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Vanderbilt University. For the last two years his research association has been with Regional Research Institute (West Virginia University), Faculte des Sciences Economiques (Strasbourg University) and Institut für Finanzwissenschaft und Infrastrukturpolitik (Technische Universität, Vienna). During the completion of this paper he held an Earhart Fellow.
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Georgescu-Roegen, N. Technology assessment: The case of the direct use of solar energy. Atlantic Economic Journal 6, 15–21 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02300267
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