Evolutionary-economic policies for sustainable consumption

Ecological Economics

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 187-195

  Safarzyńska, Karolina ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Evolution; Policy; Sustainable consumption; Welfare analysis

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; SUSTAINABILITY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 84876738557     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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