An assessment of Lomborg's The Skeptical Environmentalist and the ensuing debate

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-52

  van den Bergh, Jeroen C J M ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Criticism; Environmental economics; Environmental policy; Environmental science; Lomborg

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958244672     PISSN: 1943815X     EISSN: 19438168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19438150903533730     Document Type: Review

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