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Decomposing the impact of population growth on environmental deterioration: some critical comments on a widespread method in ecological economics

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Oskar Gans () (University of Heidelberg, South Asia Institute)
Frank Jöst () (University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics)
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The IPAT-model developed by Ehrlich and Holdren is widespread in ecological economics in order to quantify the impact of population growth on environmental deterioration. We comment on this model and extensions proposed by several authors from a theoretical and empirical point of view.

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Paper provided by University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 0422.

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Date of creation: Sep 2005
Date of revision: Sep 2005
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Keywords: environmental deterioration; population growth; decomposition analysis;

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Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General
J19 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Other

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  1. Richard York & Eugene A. Rosa & Thomas Dietz, 2002. "Bridging Environmental Science with Environmental Policy: Plasticity of Population, Affluence, and Technology," Social Science Quarterly, The Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 83(1), pages 18-34. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. York, Richard & Rosa, Eugene A. & Dietz, Thomas, 2003. "STIRPAT, IPAT and ImPACT: analytic tools for unpacking the driving forces of environmental impacts," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 46(3), pages 351-365, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Raskin, Paul D., 1995. "Methods for estimating the population contribution to environmental change," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 15(3), pages 225-233, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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