A critical examination of the consumption-based accounting approach: Has the blaming of consumers gone too far?

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Liu, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON LEAKAGE; CLIMATE POLICY; CURRENT PRACTICES; DATA INTENSIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL LAW; GLOBAL EMISSIONS; POLICY MAKERS; TRANSACTION COST;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

EID: 84914814712     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.325     Document Type: Article

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