The Rise and Fall of the Environmental Kuznets Curve

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  2004

• Venue

  World Development

• Publication date

  2004-08-01

• Fields of study

  Economics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.WORLDDEV.2004.03.004
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