Value judgments and the choice of climate protection strategies

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 7/8/9, 1999, Pages 974-1021

  Helm, Carsten ^a   Bruckner, Thomas ^a   Tóth, Ferenc ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Decision making; Environment; Environmental management strategy; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013439915     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068299910245750     Document Type: Article

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