Factors behind the environmental Kuznets curve: A decomposition of the changes in air pollution

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-48

  Bruvoll, Annegrete ^a   Medin, Hege ^b  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NUPI   (Norway)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Economic growth; Energy intensity; Environmental Kuznets curve

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GAS EMISSIONS; POLLUTION;

ECONOMIC GROWTH;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; KUZNETS CURVE;

EID: 0037254472     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022881928158     Document Type: Article

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