The end of economic growth? A contracting threshold hypothesis

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2213-2223

  Lawn, Philip ^a   Clarke, Matthew ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific region; Economic growth; GPI; Threshold hypothesis

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; SUSTAINABILITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 77956180850     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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