Use of macroeconomic models in analysis of environmental problems in Norway and consequences for environmental statistics

Abstract

This paper starts with a brief summary of the development of resource accounting in Norway. Section 2 is on the development of the analytical tools used in Norway for studies of interactions between economic activity and selected environmental problems. This section also contains a short description of one of the relevant macroeconomic models. A more technical description is presented in Appendix 2. Section 3 presents of a number of case studies carried out by the use of these tools, and finally section 4 sums up plans and recommendations for further work.