Macroeconomic cost-effectiveness and the use of multi-sectoral dynamic modelling as an environmental valuation tool

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 127-163

  O’Connor, Martin ^a   Ryan, Grant ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

climate policy; environmental valuation; France; greened economy GDP; input output; macroeconomic costs; national income; procedural rationality; scenario modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007435346     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.1999.004307     Document Type: Article

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