One-sided sustainability tests with amenities, and changes in technology, trade and population

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 613-631

  Pezzey, John C V ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b a joint workplace of Charles University and the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Green accounting; Green net national product; Net investment; Optimality; Population; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVENTORY CONTROL; INVESTMENTS; PRODUCTIVITY;

NET NATIONAL PRODUCT; PRODUCTIVE STOCK;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

DISCOUNT RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABILITY; TERMS OF TRADE;

EID: 3042684774     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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