On the welfare significance of national product for economic growth and sustainable development

Japanese Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 422-442

  Dasgupta, Swapan ^a   Mitra, Tapan ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; NATIONAL TRADE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 0033396051     PISSN: 13524739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5876.00130     Document Type: Article

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