Determinants of pollution: What do we really know?

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 568-595

  Gassebner, Martin ^a   Lamla, Michael J ^a   Sturm, Jan Egbert ^a,b  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; KUZNETS CURVE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; HISTORY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INTERNATIONALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 79959557184     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpq029     Document Type: Article

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