Environmental and social degradation as the engine of economic growth

Ecological Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-16

  Bartolini, Stefano ^a   Bonatti, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coordination failure; Defensive expenditure; Global indeterminacy; Multiple equilibria; Renewable resource

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUBSTITUTION;

EID: 0036859341     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(02)00176-3     Document Type: Article

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