The capital gains from trade are not enough: Evidence from the environmental accounts of Venezuela and Mexico

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1175-1191

  Rubio, M Del Mar ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental accounts; Exhaustible resources; Foreign trade; Genuine savings; Mexico; Net national product; Oil production; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; ECONOMICS; NATURAL RESOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONEMENTAL ACCOUNTS; EXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCES; GENUINE SAVINGS; MEXICO; NET NATIONAL PRODUCTS; NON-RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES; OIL PRODUCTION; VENEZUELA;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

TERMS OF TRADE; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23744473097     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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