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Towards Complete Balance Sheets in the National Accounts: The case of Mineral and Energy Resources

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  • Paul Schreyer
  • C. Obst

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Despite its importance, regular measurement of the value of natural resources at national level is still in its infancy and often disconnected from valuation approaches for other assets. We show that there exists a consistent approach towards valuation that applies to subsoil assets and produced capital alike. We further align accounting in physical and monetary terms and construct standard volume and price indexes of energy and mineral resources with an application to Australia. Finally, we examine the link between our measure of subsoil wealth and indicators of sustainability. Overall, this paper demonstrates how the bodies of work on capital theory, index number measurement and growth accounting on the one hand, and valuation and measurement of natural resources on the other can be aligned. From a practical accounting perspective this alignment should aid in the implementation of broader measures of wealth at national level which are required for policy and analysis. En dépit de leur importance dans l’estimation des richesses d’un pays, les ressources naturelles commencent à peine à être prises en compte de façon systématique et sont bien souvent évaluées indépendamment des autres actifs. Dans ce rapport, nous verrons qu’il existe une approche cohérente pouvant s’appliquer aussi bien à l’évaluation des richesses du sous-sol qu’à celles du capital produit. Nous combinerons comptabilités physique et monétaire et définirons un indice des prix et du volume de l’énergie et des ressources naturelles avec une application à l’Australie. Enfin, nous examinerons le lien entre notre mesure des richesses du sous-sol et les indicateurs de développement durable. Nous démontrerons qu’il est possible d’aligner, d’un côté, les travaux sur la théorie du capital, la mesure des indices et la comptabilité de la croissance et, de l’autre, la valorisation et la mesure des ressources naturelles. Concrètement, cet alignement devrait permettre de mesurer plus précisément l’étendue des richesses au niveau national, et donc offrir une meilleure analyse servant de base aux politiques mises en place.

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  • Paul Schreyer & C. Obst, 2015. "Towards Complete Balance Sheets in the National Accounts: The case of Mineral and Energy Resources," OECD Green Growth Papers 2015/2, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:envddd:2015/2-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5js319256pvf-en
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    2. Ian Goldin & Pantelis Koutroumpis & François Lafond & Julian Winkler, 2024. "Why Is Productivity Slowing Down?," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 62(1), pages 196-268, March.

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