Viewpoint: Sustainability: Malthus revisited?

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-38

  Brander, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVING STANDARD; MALTHUSIAN THEORY; POPULATION GROWTH; RESOURCE ECONOMY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33846700751     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00398.x     Document Type: Review

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