Arbeitspapier

The Role of Material/Energy Resources and Dematerialisation in Economic Growth Theories

The nature of energy and material resources in an endogenous growththeory framework isclarified. This involves three modifications of the conventionaltheory. Firstly, multiple feedbackmechanisms or “growth engines” are identified. Secondly, a productionfunction distinguishesbetween resource use, technical efficiency and value creation.Thirdly, the impact of the cost ofproduction through demand on growth is accounted for. A formal modelis analytically solvedunder a condition of a constant growth rate. Given model complexity,numerical experiments areperformed as well, providing relevant insights to the academic andpolitical debates on‘environmental Kuznets curves’ and ‘dematerialization’.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. 00-068/3

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
Exhaustible Resources and Economic Development
Energy and the Macroeconomy
Thema
dematerialization
environmental Kuznets curve
feedback mechanisms
production function specification
resource scarcity
value creation
Wachstumstheorie
Ressourcenökonomik
Theorie

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Ayres, Robert U.
van den Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Tinbergen Institute
(wo)
Amsterdam and Rotterdam
(wann)
2000

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Ayres, Robert U.
  • van den Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M.
  • Tinbergen Institute

Entstanden

  • 2000

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