Pollution, Private Investment in Healthcare, and Environmental Policy

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 334-357

  Pautrel, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Environment; Health; I1; Overlapping generations; Q58

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION; TAX SYSTEM; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 84861199512     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2012.01696.x     Document Type: Article

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