The Ethics and Politics of Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis

The Ethics and Politics of Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-129

  Nyborg, Karine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 84909418054     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203117613     Document Type: Book

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