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Wednesday 4 April 2018 14.00 - 16.00
K-3 ECO06 Energy, Development and Sustainability
PFC/02/011 Sir Peter Froggatt Centre
Network: Economic History Chairs: -
Organizer: Cristián Ducoing Discussants: -
Ann-Kristin Bergquist, Magnus Lindmark : The Growth of the Green Sector in Sweden c 1970-2014
Mirroring the need to achieve green economic growth, the Environmental Goods and Service Sector (EGSS) has become a new European statistical standard. As the first estimates of the Swedish EGSS were published, it was evident that the sector was a sizeable one, with a turnover of 220 billion SEK. Later ... (Show more)
Mirroring the need to achieve green economic growth, the Environmental Goods and Service Sector (EGSS) has become a new European statistical standard. As the first estimates of the Swedish EGSS were published, it was evident that the sector was a sizeable one, with a turnover of 220 billion SEK. Later historical reconstructions of the sector showed that it was large already in 2002, which indicates that the EGSS must have started to grow earlier. This paper is the first attempt to explore the emergence of the environmental goods and service sector, EGSS, in Sweden c 1970-2014. It focuses on a general description of the development EGSS sector and provides an analysis of to what extent the growth of the sector has been driven by greening of conventional firms or by the entrance of new ones. The study contributes to new insights about the characteristics of the greening of the Swedish economy since the 1970s. (Show less)

Cristián Ducoing : Machinery Prices and Wealth Measures
The debate on industrial revolution is more alive than ever.

Diego Sesma : Water: the Overlooked Energy Resource
From the invention of the steam engine to the present, water has represented an important input for the energy system although it has been mostly ignored in the literature. The production of electrical power results in one of the largest uses of water worldwide. For example, it is estimated that ... (Show more)
From the invention of the steam engine to the present, water has represented an important input for the energy system although it has been mostly ignored in the literature. The production of electrical power results in one of the largest uses of water worldwide. For example, it is estimated that in 2005 in the US about 41 percent of freshwater withdrawals were dedicated to electric production from thermoelectric plants, mainly for cooling (Kenny et al., 2009). Likewise, in the year 2010, France withdrawn 22 km# of water for cooling purposes and 20 km# in the case of Germany (EUROSTAT, 2014). Moreover, about 80 percent of the world ?s electricity is generated in thermal power plants (IEA, 2013). In other words, 80 per cent of the world’s electricity generation would cease to exist in absence of water; if we add the percentage corresponding to hydropower, the number will be close to 95 per cent. Thus, we must start thinking of water as the most needed natural resource for electricity generation. (Show less)

Dimitrios Theodoridis : The White Man’s Relief - the Ecological Foundations of British Trade in the Nineteenth Century
The role of trade for the Industrial Revolution has for long been the object of debate in British economic history. Expansion overseas was essential to Britain’s growth in the nineteenth century. The existing debate has, however, been rather inconclusive as to the role and relative importance of the various trading ... (Show more)
The role of trade for the Industrial Revolution has for long been the object of debate in British economic history. Expansion overseas was essential to Britain’s growth in the nineteenth century. The existing debate has, however, been rather inconclusive as to the role and relative importance of the various trading partners and commodities. This paper presents a systematic account of the geography of land embodied in imports. It takes an ecological point of view by assessing the shares of land embodied in the ten most land demanding commodities. It suggests that colonialism was important. However, in terms of land, not all colonies mattered equally. The biggest land-relief came from the settler colonies in British North America and Australasia. Slave-based colonies contributed comparatively less in alleviating the land constraints, albeit remained essential in making imperial trade a valuable economic activity. (Show less)



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