Development Patterns of Material Productivity Convergence or Divergence? /

• Main Author: Talmon-Gros, Larissa (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Contributions to Economics,
• Subjects: Management.; Industrial management.; Sustainable development.; Econometrics.; Economic growth.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Economic Growth.; Sustainable Development.; Innovation/Technology Management.

Increasing concerns regarding the world’s natural resources and sustainability continue to be a major issue for global development. As a result several political initiatives and strategies for green or resource-efficient growth both on national and international levels have been proposed. A core ele...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Overuse, Scarcity and the Debate About Sustainable Development
• The Relationship Between Technological Progress and Material Consumption
• Convergence - Theory, Econometrics and Empirics
• Material Productivity Measurement
• Empirical Evidence on the Development of Material Consumption and Material Productivity
• Research Question
• Data and Descriptive Statistics
• Examination of Material Productivity Convergence
• Discussion
• Conclusion.