Does NNP growth indicate welfare improvement?

Economics Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 233-239

  Asheim, Geir B ^a   Weitzman, Martin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C43; D6; Dynamic welfare; National income accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035597928     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(01)00493-1     Document Type: Article

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