Emerson, Tisha L. N.; Pendleton, Linwood H. - In: Economic Inquiry 42 (2004) 1, pp. 166-178
The literature argues that income growth leads to increased demand for environmental quality and thus reduction in pollution. Using a utility theoretic model, we hypothesize that the income--pollution relationship should depend on the level of disamenity of the pollutant. We proxy for disamenity...