Development Patterns of Material Productivity Convergence or Divergence? /
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...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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Σειρά: | Contributions to Economics,
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 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.