Taste for diversity and the optimality of economic growth

Economics Letters

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 291-295

  De Groot, Henri L F ^a   Nahuis, Richard ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

D43; D60; Endogenous growth; O41; Social welfare; Taste for diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032219365     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(98)00005-6     Document Type: Article

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