Climate change, income and happiness: An empirical study for Barcelona

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1467-1475

  Sekulova, Filka ^a   van den Bergh, Jeroen C J M ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c VU University   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Happiness; Income

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST FIRE; INCOME; LIVING STANDARD; POLLUTION TAX;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84889263434     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.07.025     Document Type: Article

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