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M.A. Shapiro’s paper deals with core topics of economic thinking closely tied to the actual political debates on a “low carbon growth path”. Therefore the paper “… attempts to advance the understanding of the crucial links among growth, technological change, human capital accumulation, and openness and their impacts on greenhouse gas (GHG)-related research and development (R&D) output in East Asia …” (p. 1). The analysis of growth processes is an already longstanding economic issue. While studying conditions for sustainability is a somewhat more recent topic, it is nevertheless intensively discussed worldwide and high on the agenda of politics (e.g. UNIDO’s (1993) Agenda 21; EU Commission’s (2006) Green Paper).
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Analyses of the success factors of Asian Tigers support the view that specific institutional arrangements in line with a somewhat even income distribution pattern may have been very supportive.
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A “miracle” which has been intensely discussed (e.g. Krugman 1994) and seen mainly as a mobilisation effect of resources together with saving behaviours.
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To take an example from Europe: amongst the most experienced countries of “low-carbon growth” is Denmark (total energy consumption has not increased since 1980, despite a 50% increase in GDP).
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Hofer, R. (2012). Comment on M.A. Shapiro: “Long-Run Protection: Determining Key Features of Growth and Sustainability in Northeast Asia”. In: Mahlich, J., Pascha, W. (eds) Korean Science and Technology in an International Perspective. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2753-8_17
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