Beschreibung
InhaltsangabeIntroduction.- Overuse, Scarcity and the Debate About Sustainable Development.- The Relationship Between Technological Progress and Material Consumption.- Convergence - Theory, Econometrics and Empirics.- Material Productivity Measurement.- Empirical Evidence on the Development of Material Consumption and Material Productivity.- Research Question.- Data and Descriptive Statistics.- Examination of Material Productivity Convergence.- Discussion.- Conclusion.
Autorenporträt
Larissa Talmon-Gros, born in 1984, studied European Business at Dublin City University and ESB Business School Reutlingen and graduated as Bachelor of European Business and Diplom-Betriebswirtin (FH) in 2007. She accomplished her doctoral studies at the University of Hohenheim in cooperation with the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. She also held a renowned PhD scholarship from the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst. Larissa Talmon-Gros completed her doctorate in Economics in 2013.