Essays about: "Rutger Armand Willem De Graaf"

Found 1 essay containing the words Rutger Armand Willem De Graaf.

  1. 1. THE NETHERLANDS AND FOREIGN TRADE EMBODIED ENERGY: A DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURAL AND TECHNICAL EFFECTS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Rutger Armand Willem De Graaf; [2011]
    Keywords : Keywords: Energy; Foreign trade; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Dematerialization; Energy intensity; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis examines whether there exists any causal relationship between foreign trade and declining energy intensity in the Netherlands. In other words, does the Netherlands outsource its energy intense industries to less developed countries rather than solve them internally? No significant causal relationships is found between international trade and declining energy intensity, since the Netherlands has long been a net exporter of embodied energy and continued to be so until 2005. READ MORE