Pollution and life expectancy: How environmental policy can promote growth

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1040-1051

  Pautrel, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Environment; Growth; Overlapping generations

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; GROWTH MODELING; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH RISK; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POLLUTION EFFECT;

EID: 58849151267     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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