A critical note on the role of the capability approach for sustainability economics

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 721-725

  Binder, Martin ^a   Witt, Ulrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural economics; Capability approach; Preference evolution; Sustainability economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864570412     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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