Comparing apples and oranges: Some confusion about using and interpreting physical trade matrices versus multi-regional input-output analysis

Land Use Policy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2016, Pages 194-201

  Hubacek, Klaus ^a   Feng, Kuishuang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Embodied land; International trade; Multiregional input output analysis; Physical trade flows

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LAND USE; TRADE FLOW;

CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84943603412     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.09.022     Document Type: Article

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