Natural capital, subjective well-being, and the new welfare economics of sustainability: Some evidence from cross-country regressions

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 380-388

  Engelbrecht, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cross country analysis; Life satisfaction; Natural capital; Subjective well being; Sustainable development; Welfare economics

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INFLATION; NATURAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 70449514098     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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