Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis: A survey

Ecological Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 431-455

  Dinda, Soumyananda ^a,b  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b SR Fatepuria College   (India)

Author keywords

Economic growth; EKC; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Environmental protection; Environmental quality; Inverted U shape; N50; O13; Pollution; Q20; Turning point

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; KUZNETS CURVE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

GOES;

EID: 5144227863     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.02.011     Document Type: Article

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