Accounting for Sustainability: A Dissenting Opinion
Discounted-utilitarian welfare, the commonest social objective studied by economists, is the basis for the theory of green accounting in terms of social utility. Sustainability is a different type of social objective. Consequently, green accounting as derived in many empirical models is not appropri...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2011-08-01
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Series: | Sustainability |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/3/9/1341/ |