The SEEA-Based Integrated Economic-Environmental Modelling Framework: An Illustration with Guatemala’s Forest and Fuelwood Sector

This paper develops and operationalizes the integrated economic-environmental modelling (IEEM) platform which integrates environmental data organized under the first international system of environmental economic accounting with a powerful dynamic economy-wide modelling approach. IEEM enables the ex...

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Published in:Environmental & resource economics 2019-02, Vol.72 (2), p.539-558
Main Authors: Banerjee, Onil, Cicowiez, Martin, Vargas, Renato, Horridge, Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Economic analysis
Economic conditions
Economic development
Economic growth
Economic impact
Economic models
Economic Policy
Economic wellbeing
Economics
Economics and Finance
Employment
Environment models
Environmental accounting
Environmental Economics
Environmental impact
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice
Environmental Management
Environmental modeling
Environmental quality
Forests
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Impact analysis
Indicators
Prospects
Wealth
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Summary:This paper develops and operationalizes the integrated economic-environmental modelling (IEEM) platform which integrates environmental data organized under the first international system of environmental economic accounting with a powerful dynamic economy-wide modelling approach. IEEM enables the ex-ante economic analysis of policies on the economy and the environment in a quantitative, comprehensive and consistent framework. IEEM elucidates the two-way interrelationships between the economy and environment, considering how economic activities depend on the environment as a source of inputs and as a sink for their outputs. In addition to standard economic impact indicators such as gross domestic product, income and employment, IEEM generates indicators that describe policy impacts on the use of environmental resources, wealth and environmental quality which together determine prospects for future economic growth and well-being. To illustrate the analytical capabilities of IEEM, the model is calibrated with Guatemala’s SEEA and applied to analysis of its forest and fuelwood sector where negative health and environmental impacts arise from inefficient fuelwood use.
ISSN:0924-6460
1573-1502
DOI:10.1007/s10640-017-0205-9