TY - JOUR
T1 - A tale of two elasticities
T2 - A general theoretical framework for the environmental Kuznets curve analysis
AU - Figueroa B., Eugenio
AU - Pasten, Roberto
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - We show that a variety of seemingly diverse concepts used to theoretically explaining the EKC have a common origin in two key preference and production elasticities. We also prove that they jointly correspond to a unique, underlying preference-technology theoretical framework.
AB - We show that a variety of seemingly diverse concepts used to theoretically explaining the EKC have a common origin in two key preference and production elasticities. We also prove that they jointly correspond to a unique, underlying preference-technology theoretical framework.
KW - Elasticity of substitution between factors
KW - Environmental Kuznets curve
KW - Income-elasticity of marginal utility
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84874402959&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.01.019
DO - 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.01.019
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84874402959
SN - 0165-1765
VL - 119
SP - 85
EP - 88
JO - Economics Letters
JF - Economics Letters
IS - 1
ER -