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Environment in a National Accounts Framework: The Austrian Approach to Environmental Accounting

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Approaches to Environmental Accounting

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In Austria environmental accounting is a relatively new issue. Within official statistics it started after a Resolution of the Parliament (1988) to develop National Accounts to allow a presentation of environment related economic statistics. The main objective of this initiative was to gain better information about the environmental impact of the economic system and to develop new indicators of well-being.

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  1. Austrian Central Statistical Office, Austrian Energy Agency, Austria

    Stephan Fickl

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  1. Austrian Central Statistical Office, Hintere Zollamtsstrasse 2b, A-1033, Vienna, Austria

    Alfred Franz

  2. Federal Statistical Office of Germany, Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11, D-65189, Wiesbaden, Germany

    Carsten Stahmer

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Fickl, S. (1993). Environment in a National Accounts Framework: The Austrian Approach to Environmental Accounting. In: Franz, A., Stahmer, C. (eds) Approaches to Environmental Accounting. Contributions to Economics. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49977-7_22

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