scale of economic activity and the level of pollution. In particular, if we concentrate on local pollutants several … empirical studies have identified a bell shaped curve linking pollution to per capita GDP (in the case of global pollutants like … across pollutants) - the "turning point" - pollution starts to decline as income further increases. In analogy with the …

The relationship between economic growth and pollution is very complex, depending upon a host of different factors … must hold in order to obtain an inverted-U functional relationship between pollution and growth. These models are however …

This paper examines the link between pollution and income. It shows how income inequality affects environmental … policies and therefore pollution. The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis proposes that there is an inverted U …

local pollutant. Governments use environmental policies, i.e., an emissions standard or a tax, to control pollution and for … demand, the cost of abatement and the damage caused from pollution. Under these modes of uncertainty we derive sufficient …