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Income inequality and the environmental Kuznets curve
Borghesi, Simone - 2000
This study explores the link between environmental degradation, economic growth and income inequality within the framework of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) literature. To investigate this issue, we examine how inequality affects carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their relationship with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608646
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How Decentralised Is Government Activity?
Osterkamp, Rigmar; Eller, Markus - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 1, pp. 32-35
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696421
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Functional Decentralisation of Government Activity
Osterkamp, Rigmar; Eller, Markus - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 3, pp. 36-42
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696443
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Productive Government Expenditure and Economic Growth
Irmen, Andreas; Kühnel, Johanna - 2008
We provide a comprehensive survey of the recent literature on the link between productive government expenditure and economic growth. Starting with the seminal paper of Robert Barro (1990) we show that an understanding of the core results of the ensuing contributions can be gained from the study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422176
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Does S. Kuznets' belief question the environmental Kuznets curves?
Bousquet, Alain; Favard, Pascal - 2000
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608669
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Long-run determinants of pollution: A robustness analysis
Lamla, Michael J. - 2007
This paper examines how robust economic, political, and demographic variables are related to water and air pollution … for air and water pollution over a period from 1980 to 1995 we confirm the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277742
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International spillovers and water quality in rivers: Do countries free ride?
Sigman, Hilary - 2001
Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS), it compares pollution levels in international and domestic rivers. The results suggest that … free riding may substantially increase pollution in international rivers, but the estimates are sensitive to the inclusion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318361
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Biodiversity and globalization
Heal, Geoffrey - 2002
Reduction of the earth’s biodiversity as a result of human activities is a matter of great concern to prominent scientists. What are the economic aspects of this loss? In economic terms, what is biodiversity and why might it matter? And is the loss of biodiversity in any way connected with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335768
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Fiscal decentralization and pollution: Institutions matter
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Mennel, Tim - 2012
We estimate the impact of fiscal decentralization on different indicators of pollution for more than 80 countries from … 1970 to 2000. Our cross country estimates show that fiscal decentralization increases pollution. However, higher quality of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294383
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Corruption, Growth, and the Environment : A Cross-Country Analysis
Welsch, Heinz - 2003
The relationship between per capita income and a number of pollution indicators has been found to display an inverted U …-shaped or downward-sloping pattern. Corruption may affect this relationship in two distinct ways: by raising pollution at given …. Using cross section data for several indicators of pollution, the paper estimates the direct and the indirect effect of …
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