The environmental Kuznets curve under a new framework: The role of social capital in water pollution

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 265-278

  Paudel, Krishna P ^a   Schafer, Mark J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental Kuznets curve; Principal component analysis; Social capital; Spatial regression; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; LOUISIANA; POLLUTION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION MODEL; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SPATIAL REGRESSION;

WATER POLLUTION;

KUZNETS CURVE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WATER POLLUTION;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58549088682     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-008-9215-y     Document Type: Article

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