Dynamite in the EKC tunnel? Inconsistencies in resource stock analysis under the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis

Ecological Economics

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 116-126

  Mills Busa, Julianne H ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Consumption; Deforestation; Economic growth; Environmental Kuznets curve; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FOREST RESOURCE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; IMPORT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; KUZNETS CURVE; NATURE CONSERVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84883166756     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.07.015     Document Type: Article

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