Methods: Commensuration and theories of value in ecological economics

Ecological Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-125

  Patterson, Murray ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biophysical theories of value; Commensuration; Mixed units problem; Sraffian economics

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY EQUIVALENT METHODOLOGY; THEORY;

EID: 0032051948     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(97)00166-3     Document Type: Article

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