Tracing distant environmental impacts of agricultural products from a consumer perspective

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1032-1040

  Kastner, Thomas ^a   Kastner, Michael ^b   Nonhebel, Sanderine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agricultural products; Consumer perspective; Environmental impacts; Trade

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBALIZATION; LAND USE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOYBEAN; TRADE FLOW; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; VALUATION; WATER USE;

BRAZIL; NETHERLANDS;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 79953788902     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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