Applying consumer responsibility principle in evaluating environmental load of carbon emissions

Society and Economy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-144

  Vetoné, Zsófia ^a  

^a Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

Author keywords

C67; embodied carbon footprint; F18; household consumption; input ouput analysis; international trade; Q56

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955126804     PISSN: 15889726     EISSN: 1588970X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/SocEc.33.2011.1.10     Document Type: Article

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