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BUYING LOCAL IS NOT NECESSARILY GREEN
Author(s) -
Lilico Andrew
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2008.00827.x
Subject(s) - production (economics) , business , natural resource economics , commerce , economics , microeconomics
Environmentalists are urging consumers to stop buying imports that needed to be transported long distances. However, the domestic production of the same goods would typically involve a much greater use of resources and therefore be counter‐productive.