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A consumption-based theory of the environmental Kuznets curve

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  • Berrens, Robert P.
  • Bohara, Alok K.

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  • Gawande, Kishore & Berrens, Robert P. & Bohara, Alok K., 2001. "A consumption-based theory of the environmental Kuznets curve," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 37(1), pages 101-112, April.
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