On the Methodology of Isew, Gpi and Related Measures: Some Constructive Suggestions and Some Doubt on the 'Threshold' Hypothesis

By Eric Neumayer. 2000

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science

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Estimates of the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Vermont, Chittenden County and Burlington, from 1950 to 2000 (2004, background): “There are several assumptions built into the GPI that are open to question (Neumayer, 2000; Lawn, 2003).”
Economic Growth Quality, Environmental Sustainability, and Social Welfare in China - Provincial Assessment Based on Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) (2019, methodology): “Neumayer (2000) criticized the rationale behind the replacement costs method because he believed that there is no reason why renewables have to replace non-renewables in the present when there are still abundant non-renewables.”
An Assessment of the Valuation Methods Used to Calculate the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW), Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI), and Sustainable Net Benefit Index (SNBI) (2005, methodology): “Some recent articles (e.g., Atkinson, 1995; Neumayer, 1999, 2000) have called into question: (a) the supposed lack of a theoretical foundation to support the ISEW, GPI, and SNBI; and (b) the methods used to calculate the individual items that make up these alternative indexes.”
A theoretical foundation to support the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW), Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI), and other related indexes (2003, methodology): “Not surprisingly, the critics of these alternative indicators cast doubt over their capacity to substantiate the threshold hypothesis (e.g. Neumayer, 2000).”
Weak and strong sustainability in the SEEA: concepts and measurement (2007, unknown): “Neumayer (2000c, 2003) argues the apparently striking finding that ISEW growth falls away from GNP growth after hitting a 'threshold' (Max-Neef, 1995) is built into the methodology, almost inevitably leading to the results found.”
Beyond GDP: The Need for New Measures of Progress (2009, background): “A frequent criticism of alternative measures is the subjective nature of the decisions used to create the methodologies (England 1998; Neumayer 1999 Neumayer 2000; Lawn 2003; Lawn 2005).”