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Title: | OPTIMIZING PRODUCTION IN THE GREEK ECONOMY: EXPLORING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND SOLID WASTE VIA INPUT–OUTPUT ANALYSIS |
Authors: | Hristu-Varsakelis, Dimitrios Karagianni, Stella Pempetzoglou, Maria Sfetsos, Athanasios |
Type: | Article |
Subjects: | FRASCATI::Social sciences::Economics and Business::Economics |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Source: | Economic Systems Research |
Volume: | 24 |
Issue: | 1 |
First Page: | 57 |
Last Page: | 75 |
Abstract: | We explore an input–output based framework for optimizing production in the Greek economy, under constraints relating to energy use, final demand, greenhouse gas emissions and solid waste. Using empirical data, we consider the effects on the maximum attainable gross value of production when imposing various pollution abatement targets. Our results quantify those effects as well as the magnitude of economic sacrifices required to achieve environmental goals, in a series of policy scenarios of practical importance. Because air pollution and solid waste are not produced independently of one another, we identify the settings in which it is meaningful to institute a separate policy for mitigating each pollutant, versus those in which only one pollutant needs to be actively addressed. The scenarios considered here represent a range of options that could be available to policy makers, depending on the country's international commitments and the effects on economic and environmental variables. |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2011.572065 https://ruomo.lib.uom.gr/handle/7000/212 |
ISSN: | 0953-5314 1469-5758 |
Other Identifiers: | 10.1080/09535314.2011.572065 |
Appears in Collections: | Department of Applied Informatics |
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