The Kuznets curve and the effect of international regulations on environmental efficiency

Economics Bulletin

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Yörük, Baris K ^a   Zaim, Osman ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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