Governance, institutions and the environment-income relationship: A cross-country study

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 705-723

  Dutt, Kuheli ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental Kuznets Curve; International environmental law and policy; Kyoto Protocol; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL LAW; KUZNETS CURVE; KYOTO PROTOCOL; POLITICAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 67651239018     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-007-9138-8     Document Type: Article

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