A thermodynamically correct treatment of externalities with an exergy-based numeraire

Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 933-957

  Sciubba, Enrico ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental externalities; Exergy; Extended exergy; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864312050     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su4050933     Document Type: Article

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