Combining Multiregional Input-Output Analysis with a World Trade Model for Evaluating Scenarios for Sustainable Use of Global Resources, Part I: Conceptual Framework

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 775-782

  Duchin, Faye ^a   Levine, Stephen H ^b   Strømman, Anders Hammer ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

comparative advantage; footprint analysis; industrial ecology; multiregional input output (MRIO) analysis; scenario analysis; world trade model (WTM)

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; FOOTPRINT ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INPUT-OUTPUT; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; WORLD TRADE;

COMMERCE;

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBAL TRADE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; REGIONAL PATTERN; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84983504346     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12303     Document Type: Article

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