Technological progress and the environmental Kuznets curve in the twenty regions of Italy

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1501-1542

  Baiardi, Donatella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

air pollutants; environmental Kuznets curve; Italian regions; technological progress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907657494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bejeap-2013-0120     Document Type: Article

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