Environmental costs and renewable energy: Re-visiting the Environmental Kuznets Curve

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 145, Issue , 2014, Pages 368-373

  López Menéndez, Ana Jesús ^a   Pérez, Rigoberto ^a   Moreno, Blanca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental Kuznets Curve; European Union; Panel data model; Renewable energies

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CO 2 EMISSION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNET'S CURVE; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; PANEL DATA MODELS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; RENEWABLE ENERGY; ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; POLLUTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

EID: 84905907657     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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