A new environmental Kuznets curve? Relationship between direct material input and income per capita: Evidence from industrialised countries

Ecological Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-229

  Canas, Ângela ^a   Ferrão, Paulo ^a   Conceição, Pedro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dematerialization; DMI; Environmental Kuznets curve; Resource use of industrialised economies

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INCOME; KUZNETS CURVE;

EID: 0345530993     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(03)00123-X     Document Type: Article

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