The environmental Kuznets curve for US counties: A spatial econometric analysis with extensions

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 407-424

  Rupasingha, Anil ^a   Goetz, Stephan J ^b   Debertin, David L ^c   Pagoulatos, Angelos ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental Kuznets curve; Ethnic diversity; Spatial dependence; Toxic waste

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ETHNICITY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; KUZNETS CURVE;

EID: 20444479116     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10110-004-0199-x     Document Type: Article

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