Cost-benefit analysis in environmental assessment: Some methodologicalissues

Ecological Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-168

  Munda, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Commensurability; Compensability; Cost benefitanalysis; Distrib ution; Efficiency; Integrated assessment; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030294255     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8009(96)00048-1     Document Type: Article

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