On the North-South trade in the Americas and its ecological asymmetries

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1981-1990

  Muñoz, Pablo ^a,b   Strohmaier, Rita ^c   Roca, Jordi ^d  

^a Vice Rectorate in Europe   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

International trade; Latin America; Material flow analysis (MFA); North South trade; Unequal exchange; World system theory

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

LATIN AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052034595     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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