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Materials Requirements and Economic Growth: A Comparison of Consumption Patterns in Industrialized Countries.

PB82196270

Publication Date	1981
Personal Author	Radcliffe, S. V.; Fischman, L. L.; Schantz, R.
Page Count	334
Abstract	This study concerns the national consumption of nonenergy materials of all types in relation to economic growth. A quantitative method of measuring materials consumption by industry and consumers was developed for major individual materials and materials as a whole. This method accounted for the net trade flows of materials incorporated in manufactured consumer and capital goods and for the recycling of materials contained in scrap. The principal factors that have determined materials consumption intensities in relation to economic output over the historical development of the advanced industrialized countries were identified by relying on comparison of the experiences of four countries: the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Keywords	Economic development Demand(Economics) Materials estimates Consumption West Germany Japan Great Britain United States Materials recovery Production Recycling
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	96G - Foreign Industry Economic Development 96A - Domestic Commerce, Marketing, & Economics
Corporate Authors	Resources for the Future, Inc., Washington, DC.; Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Rept. for Jul 77-Feb 81.
NTIS Issue Number	198217
Contract Number	J0177118

Materials Requirements and Economic Growth: A Comparison of Consumption Patterns in Industrialized Countries.

Materials Requirements and Economic Growth: A Comparison of Consumption Patterns in Industrialized Countries.
PB82196270

Publication Date	1981
Personal Author	Radcliffe, S. V.; Fischman, L. L.; Schantz, R.
Page Count	334
Abstract	This study concerns the national consumption of nonenergy materials of all types in relation to economic growth. A quantitative method of measuring materials consumption by industry and consumers was developed for major individual materials and materials as a whole. This method accounted for the net trade flows of materials incorporated in manufactured consumer and capital goods and for the recycling of materials contained in scrap. The principal factors that have determined materials consumption intensities in relation to economic output over the historical development of the advanced industrialized countries were identified by relying on comparison of the experiences of four countries: the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Keywords	Economic development Demand(Economics) Materials estimates Consumption West Germany Japan Great Britain United States Materials recovery Production Recycling
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	96G - Foreign Industry Economic Development 96A - Domestic Commerce, Marketing, & Economics
Corporate Authors	Resources for the Future, Inc., Washington, DC.; Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Rept. for Jul 77-Feb 81.
NTIS Issue Number	198217
Contract Number	J0177118