Subsistence, Substitutability and Sustainability in Consumption

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 47-66

  Baumgärtner, Stefan ^a,b   Drupp, Moritz A ^c,d   Quaas, Martin F ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^e KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elasticity of substitution; Environmental services; Stone Geary function; Subsistence in consumption; Substitutability; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCE; MANUFACTURED GOODS; SUBSISTENCE IN CONSUMPTION; SUBSTITUTABILITY; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; SUBSISTENCE; SUBSTITUTION; SUSTAINABILITY; UTILITY SECTOR;

EID: 84944561485     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: 15731502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-015-9976-z     Document Type: Article

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