Measuring the Immeasurable: A Survey of Sustainability Indices
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- Bohringer, Christoph & Jochem, Patrick E.P., 2007. "Measuring the immeasurable -- A survey of sustainability indices," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 63(1), pages 1-8, June.
- Böhringer, Christoph & Jochem, Patrick, 2006. "Measuring the immeasurable: a survey of substainability indices," ZEW Discussion Papers 06-073, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
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Sustainability Indices; Composite Indicators; Sustainability; Indices;All these keywords.
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- C43 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Index Numbers and Aggregation
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
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