Using the budget constraint to monetarise impact assessment results

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1591-1598

  Weidema, Bo Pedersen ^a  

^a 2 0 LCA consultants ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assessment endpoints; CBA; LCA; Monetarisation; QALY; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FINANCIAL PROVISION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MODELING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 62649130288     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.01.019     Document Type: Article

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