The EKC for SO2: Does firm size matter?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 451-461

  Merlevede, Bruno ^a   Verbeke, Tom ^a,b   De Clercq, Marc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VLEKHO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Composition effect; Environmental Kuznets hypothesis; Firm size; Marginal abatement costs

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; FIRM SIZE; INCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 33748425779     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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