Geographical dimension and environmental Kuznets curve: the case of some less investigated air pollutants

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1010-1016

  Sica, E ^a   Susnik S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

benzene; environmental Kuznets curve; F gases; geographical dimension; Italian provinces

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; HYDROFLUOROCARBON; KUZNETS CURVE; SULFUR COMPOUND; SULFUR EMISSION;

ITALY;

EID: 84902363552     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2014.904485     Document Type: Article

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