The physical dimension of international trade. Part 1: Direct global flows between 1962 and 2005

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1838-1847

  Dittrich, Monika ^a   Bringezu, Stefan ^a  

^a Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

International trade; Material flow analysis (MFA); Physical economy; Physical trade balance (PTB); Physical trade volume

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GLOBAL TRADE; OIL TRADE; TRADE FLOW; TRADE RELATIONS; UNITED NATIONS;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955560215     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.04.023     Document Type: Article

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