Relating the environmental impact of consumption to household expenditures: An input-output analysis

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1160-1170

  Kerkhof, Annemarie C ^a   Nonhebel, Sanderine ^a   Moll, Henri C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumption pattern; Elasticity; Environmental impact; Household expenditures; Input output analysis; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOG;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58749115391     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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