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Environmental Kuznets Curves - Agricultural and Resource Economics

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The policy issue?<br />

EKCs have been used as an argument that<br />

economic growth <strong>and</strong> increased environmental<br />

quality go h<strong>and</strong> in h<strong>and</strong>.<br />

They have also been used in support of a do-<br />

nothing policy.<br />

This is not very useful since, if there is a turning<br />

point, we would like to know what factors explain<br />

it before making assessments of whether<br />

environmental policy is necessary or not.

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