Evolutionary thinking in environmental economics

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 521-549

  Van Den Bergh, Jeroen C J M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Economic growth; Environmental policy; Innovation; Progress; Renewable resources; Resilience; Self regulation; Social preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748836371     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-006-0054-0     Document Type: Article

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