A tale of two elasticities: A general theoretical framework for the environmental Kuznets curve analysis

Eugenio Figueroa B.; Roberto Pasten

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2013.01.019

A tale of two elasticities: A general theoretical framework for the environmental Kuznets curve analysis

Eugenio Figueroa B., Roberto Pasten^*

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	85-88
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	119
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2013.01.019
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes

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