Analyzing rebound effects

Arbeitspapier

Are efficiency improvements in the use of natural resources the key for sustainable development, are they the solution to environmental problems, or will second round effects -so-called rebound effects- compensate or even overcompensate potential savings, will they fire back? The answer to this question will have fundamental policy implications but the research on rebound effects does not provide clear results. This paper aims to clarify the theoretical basis of various analytical approaches which lead to widely different estimates of rebound effects.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Schumpeter Discussion Papers ; No. 2009-002

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products ; Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes ; Sustainable Development ; Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: General ; Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: Demand and Supply; Prices ; Energy: General ; Energy: Demand and Supply; Prices ; Environmental Economics: General ; Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation
• Subject: Ressourcenökonomik ; Wirtschaftliche Effizienz ; Wirtschaftlichkeit ; Energiesparen ; Konsumentenverhalten ; Produktion ; Theorie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Schettkat, Ronald
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Wuppertal, Schumpeter School of Business and Economics
• (where): Wuppertal
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/68676
• URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:468-20090076
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET