Theoretical and Methodological Bases of Detection of Ecological and Economic Advantages in International Trade Cover Image

Теоретико-методологические основы исследования эколого- экономических преимуществ в международной торговле
Theoretical and Methodological Bases of Detection of Ecological and Economic Advantages in International Trade

Author(s): Ihor Hrabynskyi
Subject(s): National Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, International relations/trade, Methodology and research technology, Political Ecology
Published by: Instytut Badań Rynku, Konsumpcji i Koniunktur
Keywords: closed ecological-economic system; open ecological-economic system; absolute ecological-economic advantage; comparative ecological-economic advantage;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to substantiate the theoretical and methodological foundations of researching ecological and economic problems in international trade. Proved that such studies should be based on two main theoretical points: (1) on the general economic equilibrium theory and (2) a researcher shall consider the world economy as a closed ecological-economic system and the national economy – as an open ecological-economic system. In our model of the national ecological-economic system, we take into account the external economic factor which helped to analyse the national eco-economic system as an open system. In the article, the methodology of detection of absolute and comparative advantage of the country’s foreign trade is offered. The model of global ecological-economic system illustrates the isolation of the planetary economic system. On a global scale, all that is created by human being eventually becomes waste of either production (faster) or consumption (later). The methodological approaches and findings may be useful for the substantiation of sustainable ecological and economic development programmes.

  • Issue Year: 351/2014
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 94-106
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish