Is Inequality Harmful for the Environment? An Empirical Analysis Applied to Developing and Transition Countries

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 413-445

  Clement, Matthieu ^a   Meunie, Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental kuznets' curve; Inequality; Panel data; Pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 78649736404     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346760903480590     Document Type: Article

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