Welfare, growth and environment: A sceptical review of The Skeptical Environmentalist by B. Lomborg

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 707-717

  FitzRoy, Felix ^a   Smith, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT THEORY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 8644289229     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0036-9292.2004.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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