Neoclassical natural capital theory and "weak" indicators for sustainability

Land Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 528-552

  Faucheux, Sylvie ^a,b   Muir, Eliot ^c   O'Connor, Martin ^a,c  

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

^b Ctr d'Econ d'Ethique pour l'E   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; NATURAL CAPITAL; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0031390967     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3147244     Document Type: Article

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