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Economic theories of sustainable consumption
Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. van den; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 1999
The term ‘sustainable consumption’ denotes the search for consumption patterns that reduce human pressure on the environment and nature. This search involves three levels of research. First, the relationship between consumption, lifestyles and environmental sustainability has to be...
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Human Survival, Risk, and Law : Considering Risk Filters to Replace Cost-Benefit Analysis
Draper, John William - 2017
population. For a longer-term survival, humanity needs to employ more than cost-justified precaution.This article argues that, at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012969820
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Extinction and Risk
Draper, John William - 2014
This is an early portion of a forthcoming work of practical moral philosophy, one arguing that humanity, as a species, should want to survive. This particular piece argues that neo-classical economics places an emphasis on short-term gain over precaution and in doing so places lives of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014171253
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Role models that make you unhappy : light paternalism, social learning and welfare
Cordes, Christian; Schubert, Christian - 2010
appear to be "wasteful" in terms of well-being or welfare. Within settings displaying preference endogeneity, it is however … dynamic instability in preference trajectories. -- Social Learning ; Preference Change ; Welfare ; Human Cognition ; Consumer …
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The Future of Sustainable Consumption: What Role for Consumers? [Viitorul consumului durabil: ce rol vor avea consumatorii?]
Victor, Danciu - In: Revista OEconomica (2014) 04
The sustainable consumption becomes a systematic challenge for the sustainable development and its role will increase in the future. This paper discusses the increasing contribution of sustainable consumption by stressing the central role of sustainable consumers and advances some ways of...
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The Circular Economy’s Closed Loop and Product Service Systems for Sustainable Development : A Comprehensive Review and Appraisal
Camilleri, Mark Anthony - 2018
The circular economy (CE) has recently stimulated debates on sustainable consumption and production; Its regenerative systems minimise the environmental impact as practitioner reduce their externalities, including; waste, emissions, and energy leakages through the use and reuse of resources....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909789
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On Recycling and Technological Externalities
André, Francisco J.; Cerdá Tena, Emilio - 2004
This article shows that, apart from the environment-related externalities linked to waste management and recycling …, which are reported in the previous literature, the technological aspect of recycling is an additional source of … externalities. The main focus of the paper is the impact that the presence of recycling has on the technological profile of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014029191
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Towards a Sustainable Circular Economy on a Full Planet : The Role of Thermodynamic Principles
Wiedenhofer, Dominik; Haas, Willi; Haberl, Helmut - 2023
, companies, sectors, to recycling. Macro-level, system-wide implications of circularity strategies remain underappreciated. We … buildings, infrastructures and machinery grow. This even holds under the assumption of complete recycling, which is practically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014345473
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A Generalized Production Set. The Production and Recycling Function
André, Francisco J.; Cerdá, Emilio - Centro de Estudios Andaluces, Government of Andalusia - 2001
This article focuses on the technological aspect of recycling, its effect on the production set of the economy and the … of Production Function is proposed: the Production and Recycling Function, which represents the production set when a … recycling technology is available. …
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On Recycling and Technological Externalities
Andre, F.J.; Cerda, E. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2003
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