Genuine savings: Leading indicator of sustainable development?

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 737-754

  Ferreira, Susana ^a   Vincent, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SAVINGS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WORLD BANK;

EID: 18144384732     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426834     Document Type: Article

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