Does income inequality harm the environment?: Empirical evidence from the United States

Energy Policy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 1434-1437

  Baek, Jungho ^a   Gweisah, Guankerwon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

ARDL; Environment; Inequality

Indexed keywords

ARDL; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INCOME INEQUALITY; INEQUALITY; TIME-SERIES DATA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884985101     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.097     Document Type: Article

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