Response to "Income, sustainability and the 'microfoundations' of the GPI"

International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-81

  Lawn, Philip ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central criterion; Fisherian income; Genuine progress indicator; Hicksian income; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149330607     PISSN: 17418437     EISSN: 17418445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEWE.2008.022258     Document Type: Note

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