影响美国物质足迹的因素
1Adnan Kassar School of Business, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Integrated environmental assessment and management
|April 5, 2024
概括
在美国,投资环境研发减少了材料足迹,提高了材料效率. 经济放缓也有助于高效的物质消费,而金融发展增加了物质足迹.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 经济学 经济学 经济学
- 可持续性科学 可持续性科学
背景情况:
- 对资源枯竭和环境影响的日益关注,需要了解影响物质足迹的因素.
- 经济活动,基础设施发展和金融市场与资源消费模式有着显著的相互作用.
研究的目的:
- 调查基础设施投资和环境研发对美国物质足迹的影响.
- 分析金融发展和经济增长作为物质消费控制变量的作用.
- 评估环境研发在促进材料效率方面的有效性.
主要方法:
- 使用了先进的计量经济学技术:富里埃自回归分布式滞后 (F-ADL) 协同整合和非线性自回归分布式滞后 (N-ARDL).
- 分析了美国1995Q1至2019Q4的季度数据.
- 控制金融发展和经济增长的影响.
主要成果:
- 发现环境研发的增加减少了物质足迹.
- 环境研发也提高了材料消耗的效率.
- 金融发展与增加的物质足迹有积极的相关性.
- 经济放缓有助于提高材料消费效率.
结论:
- 环境研发是减轻物质足迹和提高资源效率的关键战略.
- 政策干预应考虑金融发展,经济周期和物质消费之间的复杂相互作用.
- 可持续的经济政策可以利用研发和经济条件来减少对环境的影响.
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