Income inequality and the development of environmental technologies

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2201-2213

  Vona, Francesco ^a,b   Patriarca, Fabrizio ^c  

^a OFCE   (France)

^b SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Demand; Environmental innovations; Inequality; Pioneer consumer

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INNOVATION; NONLINEARITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 80052024449     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.06.027     Document Type: Article

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