The measurement of economic, social and environmental performance of countries: A novel approach

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 339-356

  Cracolici, Maria Francesca ^a   Cuffaro, Miranda ^b   Nijkamp, Peter ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Living standards; Socio economic well being; Structural simultaneous equation model

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIVING STANDARD; MODEL; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 73449083791     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9464-3     Document Type: Article

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