Growth theory and "green growth"
"The relatively new and still amorphous concept of "Green Growth" can be understood as a call for balancing longer-term investments in sustaining environmental wealth with nearer-term income growth to reduce poverty. We draw on a large body of economic theory available for providing i...
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2014
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| author | Smulders, Sjak Toman, Michael Withagen, Cees |
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| description | "The relatively new and still amorphous concept of "Green Growth" can be understood as a call for balancing longer-term investments in sustaining environmental wealth with nearer-term income growth to reduce poverty. We draw on a large body of economic theory available for providing insights on such balancing of income growth and environmental sustainability. We show that there is a no a priori assurance of substantial positive spillovers from environmental policies to income growth, or for a monotonic transition to a "green steady state" along an optimal path. The greenness of an optimal growth path can depend heavily on initial conditions, with a variety of different adjustments occurring concurrently along an optiaml path. Factor-augmenting technical change targeting at offsetting resource depletion is critical to sustaining long-term growth within natural limits on the availability of natural resources and environmental services." |
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| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| is_hierarchy_title | Growth theory and "green growth" |
| language | English |
| physical | 36 p. Digital |
| publishDate | 2014 |
| publisher | Oxford University of Oxford |
| spellingShingle | Smulders, Sjak Toman, Michael Withagen, Cees economic growth environment innovation natural resources sustainable development Growth theory and "green growth" |
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| title | Growth theory and "green growth" |
| topic | economic growth environment innovation natural resources sustainable development |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19119974124919371569-Growth-theory-and-green-growth.htm |