On the Use of Shadow Prices for Sustainable Well-Being Measurement

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 911-918

  Munda, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Commensurability; Multi criteria evaluation; Weak sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883878068     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0446-0     Document Type: Article

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