A capital scarcity theory of the environmental Kuznets curve

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 541-564

  Chimeli, Ariaster B ^a   Braden, John B ^b  

^a Bentley Hall Annex ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 71749088570     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X08004981     Document Type: Article

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