Ecological inequality in assessing well-being: Some applications

Policy Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 205-224

  Torras, Mariano ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; POLICY MAKING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33744802377     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-005-9003-2     Document Type: Article

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