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Interpreting estimated environmental Kuznets Curves for greenhouse gases [1]

This article examines the question of how to interpret a relationship between income and carbon emissions in a country (the environmental kuznets curve [EKC] for carbon). A very simple and graphical structural model of an EKC is developed, and the problems of applying the concept to carbon are discussed.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2006
Charles D. Kolstad [2]
Journal of Environment & Development [3]
15
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42
Tags:
Air Pollution [4], Forests [5], Climate Change [6], Green House Gases [7], Kyoto Protocol [8], Climate Mitigation [9], Emissions Trading [10], Carbon Sinks [11], Legislation [12], United States Of America (US) [13], European Union (EU) [14]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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