Social capital and national environmental performance: A cross-sectional analysis

Journal of Environment and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 336-370

  Grafton, R Quentin ^a   Knowles, Stephen ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

National environmental performance; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 10844270604     PISSN: 10704965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1070496504271417     Document Type: Article

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