Incorporating sustainability indicators into a computable general equilibrium model of the Scottish economy

Economic Systems Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-140

  Ferguson, Linda ^a   McGregor, Peter G ^a   Swales, J Kim ^a   Turner, Karen R ^a   Yin, Ya Ping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computable general equilibrium modelling; Environmental indicators; Sustainability policy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; MODELING; SUSTAINABILITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22144457386     PISSN: 09535314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09535310500114838     Document Type: Article

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