Den økonomiske vækst og miljøet – nogle centrale forskningsresultater i det 21. århundrede

Poul Schou

Nationaløkonomisk tidsskrift, 2010, vol. 2010, issue 1, 353-372

Abstract: The paper surveys the main theoretical research and empirical findings from the last decade about the connection between economic growth and the environment. These relate to whether continued economic growth is feasible and how it may be achieved, given environmental constraints due either to resource scarcity or waste accumulation. Recent research has clarified a number of issues, but also pointed out new research questions, e.g. the so-called Green Paradox, which highlights the danger that some climate policies may actually aggravate the greenhouse problem. One of the key issues in this area of research is still the assumptions made related to the substitution possibilities between man-made and natural (renewable or non-renewable) capital. At least unitary elasticities of substitution are necessary conditions for sustainable growth in the long run. Empirical research offers little help settling this issue because of mixed evidence and methodological problems. The paper also discusses issues related to economic growth, climate change and population growth.

Keywords: økonomisk; vækst; miljø (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.xn--nt-lka.dk/files/2010/2010.pdf Full text (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hhs:jdaecn:0075

Access Statistics for this article

Nationaløkonomisk tidsskrift is currently edited by Jan Rose Skaksen

More articles in Nationaløkonomisk tidsskrift from Nationaløkonomisk Forening Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Lasse Wolsgård ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).