Beyond the economics of more: The place of consumption in ecological economics

Ecological Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-248

  Lintott, John ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Economics; Welfare

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 0031825310     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(97)00042-6     Document Type: Article

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