Consumption-driven environmental impact and age structure change in OECD countries: A cointegration-STIRPAT analysis

Demographic Research

Volumn 24, Issue , 2011, Pages 749-770

  Liddle, Brantley ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 80054076466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.30     Document Type: Article

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