Changes in social welfare and sustainability: Theoretical issues and empirical evidence

Ecological Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 473-484

  Vouvaki, Dimitra ^a   Xepapadeas, Anastasios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accounting prices; Arbitrary rule; Current change in social welfare; Feedback rule; Genuine investment; Non optimizing economy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 51149088771     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.12.029     Document Type: Article

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