RT Journal Article
T1 The effect of the economic cycles on material requirements: Analysing the dematerialization in developed countries
A1 Alonso Fernández, Pablo
A1 Regueiro Ferreira, Rosa María
K1 Dematerialization
K1 Material use
K1 Material requirements
K1 Raw material input
K1 Growth
K1 Recession
AB The evolution of resource requirements in developed countries after the 2008 crisis seemed to indicate that there is a process of dematerialization. This paper analyses dematerialization in a group of developed countries and the effects of the economic cycle on resource use. The aim is to determine whether dematerialization can be linked to the effects of the economic crisis or, on the contrary, is independent of the economic context. To do this, a descriptive part is proposed in which the existence of dematerialization over the last 50 years is analysed. Subsequently, a model is estimated in which the effect of recessionary, low-growth and normal growth periods on the consumption of material resources is contrasted. The raw material input is used as an indicator of the use of material resources, which makes it possible to link each country to all the resources it requires for the normal functioning of its economy, regardless of where they are consumed. Among the main results, it can be noted that reductions in resource consumption occur in periods of recession and low growth, while for growth above 2% there is no dematerialization
PB Elsevier
SN 0921-8009
YR 2024
FD 2024-05-10
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/34847
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/34847
LA eng
NO Ecological Economics 222 (2024) 108220
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026