Governance, economic policy, and the environmental Kuznets curve for natural tropical forests

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 367-382

  Bhattarai, Madhusudan ^a   Hammig, Michael ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3042675995     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X03001293     Document Type: Article

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