Journal
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT
Volume 25, Issue 3, Pages 276-305Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1070496516658753
Keywords
United Nations system of environmental-economic accounts; computable general equilibrium; environmental accounting; integrated modeling; evidence-based policy; experimental ecosystem accounting
Funding
- BIO Program of the Inter-American Development Bank
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Economy-wide models such as computable general equilibrium (CGE) models are powerful tools that provide insights on policy impacts on standard economic indicators. With the recent publication of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), the power of this approach is amplified. This article addresses an important gap in economy-wide policy modeling applications and literature by developing a conceptual framework for the integration of the SEEA in the CGE framework, enabling for the first time the analysis of policy impacts on the economy and the environment in a quantitative, comprehensive, and consistent framework. Previous integrated modeling efforts have generally focused on the interaction between the economy and one environmental resource in isolation, requiring significant data reconciliation. Integration of SEEA into a CGE circumvents this resource intense process, enhancing analytical power, obviating the need for strong assumptions in reconciling economic-environmental data, reducing start-up costs, and increasing the timeliness of evidence-based policy advice.
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