A note on national income in a dynamic economy

Economics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-8

  Heal, Geoffrey ^a   Kriström, Bengt ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; National income; Representative agent; Sustainability; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249025594     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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