Municipal Waste Kuznets curves: Evidence on socio-economic drivers and policy effectiveness from the EU

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-230

  Mazzanti, Massimiliano ^a,b   Zoboli, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delinking; Incineration; Landfill diversion; Policy evaluation; Waste generation; Waste Kuznets curves; Waste management; Waste policies; Waste prevention

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INCINERATION; LAND FILL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DELINKING; LANDFILL DIVERSIONS; POLICY EVALUATION; WASTE GENERATION; WASTE POLICY; WASTE PREVENTION;

WASTE INCINERATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; INCINERATION; KUZNETS CURVE; LANDFILL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 76149087436     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-009-9280-x     Document Type: Article

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