Preferences, technology, and the environment: Understanding the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 632-643

  Plassmann, Florenz ^a   Khanna, Neha ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abatement; Environmental effort; Environmental quality; Pollution; Returns to scale

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; KUZNETS CURVE; RETURNS TO SCALE;

EID: 33746253024     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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