The carbon implications of declining household scale economies

Ecological Economics

Volumn 116, Issue , 2015, Pages 182-190

  Underwood, Anthony ^a   Zahran, Sammy ^b  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Demographic change; Development; Economies of scale; Household size

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COHABITATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMISSION INVENTORY; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928881658     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.04.028     Document Type: Article

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