The Relationship Between Technological Progress and Material Consumption

Larissa Talmon-Gros
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Larissa Talmon-Gros: University of Hohenheim

Chapter Chapter 3 in Development Patterns of Material Productivity, 2014, pp 19-27 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter revises the role of technological progress plays for material consumption. In this context, eco-innovations are at center stage. Besides product and process innovations, a distinction between end-of-pipe technologies and integrated technologies can be undertaken. There are two forms of associated externalities occurring with eco-innovations: specifically, positive externalities occur due to knowledge spillovers, while negative externalities occur as producers are able to utilize the environment but do not have to bear the full cost associated with the production. As price signals are distorted, the theory of induced innovation suggests that innovation will be more pollution-intensive than it would otherwise be. The theoretical basics of the idea of induced innovation are presented in Sect. 3.2.

Keywords: Technological Progress; Technical Progress; Factor Price; Total Factor Productivity Growth; Factor Substitution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02538-4_3

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