Entropy, free energy, work, and other thermodynamic variables in economics

Ecological Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-78

  Lozada, Gabriel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Entropy; Free energy; Thermodynamics; Ultimate resource; Work

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENTROPY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 31144474577     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.12.019     Document Type: Article

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