The Environmental Kuznets Curve: A Survey of the Literature
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A Literature Survey on Environmental Kuznets Curve
The relationship between environmental protection and economic development has long been a controversial issue. This paper presents a literature survey on Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC), which includes genesis, explanations and empirical evidence of EKC. The conclusion of this paper are, on the one hand, some factors are key reasons to EKC, including income elasticity of environmental qualit...
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عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.200556