Does environmental quality influence health expenditures? Empirical evidence from a panel of selected OECD countries

Ecological Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 367-374

  Narayan, Paresh Kumar ^a   Narayan, Seema ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental quality; Health expenditures; Panel cointegration

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; EMISSION INVENTORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; OECD; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 39449114000     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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