A transitional economy's metabolism: The case of Portugal

Samuel Niza and Paulo Ferrão

Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2006, vol. 46, issue 3, 265-280

Abstract: This paper follows a previous work that identifies a consistent pattern of increasing materials consumption associated with economic growth, until a certain income threshold is reached [Canas A, Ferrão P, Conceição P. A new environmental Kuznets curve? Relationship between direct material input and income per capita: evidence from industrialized countries. Ecol Econ 2003:46;217–29]. Emphasis is given to the analysis of the economy's metabolism along the period of increasing material consumption, which is associated with transitional economies. Here, an empirical analysis is provided, based on the study of the development of the Portuguese economy, which during the last two decades of the 20th century has crossed this development stage.

Keywords: Material flow analysis (MFA); Physical economy; Portugal; Socioeconomic metabolism; Transitional economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2005.08.001

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