Constructing genuine savings indicators for Ireland, 1995-2005 |
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Authors: | Ferreira Susana Moro Mirko |
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Institution: | Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 313 Conner Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7509, USA. sferreir@uga.edu |
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Abstract: | In this paper we compute the genuine savings indicators for the Republic of Ireland over the period 1995-2005. We expand and improve existing World Bank's estimates by: a) using data collected from official Irish sources; b) employing the net present value method to assess resource depreciation; c) including external costs from SO(2) and NOx emissions; and d) estimating human capital accumulation using the returns to education. We also perform a sensitivity analysis to check the robustness of our estimates to different assumptions and parameters. Our estimates are consistently smaller than the World Bank's and negative in the first years of the period considered. |
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Keywords: | Green accounting Genuine savings Sustainability indicators Ireland Environmental accounting Sustainable development |
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