Uncertainty analysis for multi-region input - output models - a case study of the UK'S carbon footprint

Economic Systems Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-63

  Lenzen, Manfred ^a   Wood, Richard ^a,c   Wiedmann, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Errors; Monte carlo analysis; Multi region input output analysis; Uk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ERROR ANALYSIS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77949421640     PISSN: 09535314     EISSN: 14695758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09535311003661226     Document Type: Article

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