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dc.contributor.authorBöhringer, Christophen
dc.contributor.authorJochem, Patricken
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-16T14:57:07Z-
dc.date.available2009-02-16T14:57:07Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/24527-
dc.description.abstractSustainability indices for countries provide a one-dimensional metric to valuate country-specific information on the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic, environmental, and social conditions. At the policy level, they suggest an unambiguous yardstick against which a country?s development can be measured and even a cross-country comparison can be performed. This paper reviews the explanatory power of various sustainability indices applied in policy practice. We show that these indices fail to fulfill fundamental scientific requirements making them rather useless if not misleading with respect to policy advice.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aZentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) |cMannheimen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aZEW Discussion Papers |x06-073en
dc.subject.jelQ01en
dc.subject.jelC43en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordSustainability Indicesen
dc.subject.keywordComposite Indicatorsen
dc.subject.keywordSustainabilityen
dc.subject.keywordIndicesen
dc.titleMeasuring the immeasurable: a survey of substainability indices-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn520662962en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:zewdip:5466en

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