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Dematerialization and capital maintenance: Two sides of the sustainability coin
Bartelmus, Peter - Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy - 2002
measure economic sustainability in terms of (produced and natural) capital maintenance; balances of material flows assess … ecological sustainability as the dematerializationof production and consumption. Both concepts aim to preserve … indicate weak sustainability of theeconomy, owing to an increasing capital base. Strong sustainability is not in sight …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009328067
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Dematerialization and capital maintenance: Two sides of the sustainability coin
Bartelmus, Peter - 2002
measure economic sustainability in terms of (produced and natural) capital maintenance; balances of material flows assess … ecological sustainability as the dematerializationof production and consumption. Both concepts aim to preserve … indicate weak sustainability of theeconomy, owing to an increasing capital base. Strong sustainability is not in sight …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306167
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Dematerialization and capital maintenance : two sides of the sustainability coin
Bartelmus, Peter - 2002
measure economic sustainability in terms of (produced and natural) capital maintenance; balances of material flows assess … ecological sustainability as the dematerializationof production and consumption. Both concepts aim to preserve … indicate weak sustainability of theeconomy, owing to an increasing capital base. Strong sustainability is not in sight …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010493410
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The Architecture and Measurement of an Ecosystem Services Index
Banzhaf, H. Spencer; Boyd, James - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 4, pp. 430-461
This paper discusses the construction of an ecosystem services index (ESI) and the respective roles of ecology and economics in that effort. It extends the concept of an ESI, analogous to Gross Domestic Product, to other analogous indices, including an ecosystem price or value index, and a net...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010675930
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Sustainable Development - Has It Run Its Course?
Bartelmus, Peter - Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, University Library - 2009
. Moreover, setting normative sustainability targets for an opaque development concept blurs assessment and analysis. Policy … sustainability address the immediate interaction between environment and economy. Material flow balances and greened national … accounts define and measure these sustainability concepts. Sustainable development carries some goodwill, but practical policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540482
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Estimating aid-growth equations: the case of Pacific Island countries
Rao, B. Bhaskara; Sharma, Kanaiah Lal; Singh, Rup - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The seminal and controversial work of Burnside and Dollar (2000) has been the basis for many subsequent empirical works on the growth effects of overseas development aid. This paper argues that the specifications used in these works are not consistent with the data and techniques used. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836524
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ECONOMETRIC MODEL OF MANUFACTURING, INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN 30 COUNTRIES OF ASIA-PACIFIC
GUISAN, Maria-Carmen; AGUAYO, Eva; EXPOSITO, Pilar - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 14 (2014) 2
We analyse the evolution of economic development of countries of Asia and Pacific for the period 2000-2010, and present the estimation of a cross-section model of 30 countries in year 2010, in order to relate economic development with manufacturing and investment. We compare the results of...
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INVESTMENT, POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA-PACIFIC COUNTRIES: ECONOMETRIC MODELS AND EVOLUTION, 2000-2010
GUISAN, Maria-Carmen; EXPOSITO, Pilar - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 12 (2012) 1
To achieve the United Nations MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) in less developed Asian countries it is required to increase international cooperation to reach higher educational level of population and investment per head. In this article we analyze the evolution of economic development and...
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Education, Industry, Trade and Development of Asia-Pacific countries in 1980-99
Guisan, M. Carmen; Exposito, Pilar - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 3 (2003) 2, pp. 117-142
We compare the economic development of Asia-Pacific countries in the 20th century with world average, and analyse the evolution of education, fertility, population and economic growth in Asia-Pacific countries at the end of the 20th century, showing that, after centuries of slow economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004965323
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An extension to the neoclassical growth modelto Estimate Growth and Level Effects
Rao, B. Bhaskara; Singh, Rup; Nisha, Fozia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The neoclassical growth model was extended by Mankiw, Romer and Weil (1992) to estimate the level effects of additional factors like human capital. We suggest a further extension to capture their permanent growth effects. Time series data from Fiji are used to show that the growth effect of...
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