A risk-based environmental Kuznets curve for US hazardous waste sites

Authors: Wang P.; Bohara A. K.; Berrens R. P.; Gawande K.

Source: Applied Economics Letters, Volume 5, Number 12, 1 December 1998 , pp. 761-763(3)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis is investigated for US hazardous waste sites. Where past studies have typically focused on cross-country analyses of conventional air and water pollutants, here, US county level data and assessed risk is used as the measure of environmental degradation.

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

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