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Decomposing the impact of population growth on environmental deterioration: some critical comments on a widespread method in ecological economics

The IPAT-model developed by Ehrlich and Holdren is widespread in ecological economics in order to quantify the impact of population growth on environmental deterioration. We comment on this model and extensions proposed by several authors from a theoretical and empirical point of view.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Discussion Paper Series ; No. 422

Classification
Wirtschaft
Environmental Economics: General
Demographic Economics: Other
Subject
environmental deterioration
population growth
decomposition analysis
Umweltbelastung
Bevölkerungswachstum
Umweltökonomik
Dekompositionsverfahren
Theorie

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Gans, Oskar
Jöst, Frank
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
(where)
Heidelberg
(when)
2005

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Gans, Oskar
  • Jöst, Frank
  • University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics

Time of origin

  • 2005

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