Growth and environmental quality: Testing the double convergence hypothesis

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 2406-2411

  Bimonte, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convergence; Environmental Kuznets curve; Growth; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HOMOGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; KUZNETS CURVE; MODEL VALIDATION; OECD; PROTECTED AREA;

EID: 65649093341     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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