Income effect or policy result: a test of the environmental Kuznets Curve

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-65

  Chen, Chung Chiang ^a   Chen, Yi Tui ^b  

^a NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Human and Social Science Research Center

Author keywords

Collecting methods; Household waste; Plastic bag based disposal fee; Solid waste management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PUBLIC POLICY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

COLLECTING METHODS; HOUSEHOLD WASTES; PLASTIC BAG BASED DISPOSAL FEE;

WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 34648835404     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.07.027     Document Type: Article

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