A household level environmental Kuznets curve

Richer households may create more vehicle emissions because they own more vehicles and drive more. Poorer households may pollute more because they use high polluting vintages and maintain them less well. This paper uses 1993 California vehicle microdata to show that there is a `Kuznets U' shape...

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Published inEconomics letters Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 269 - 273
Main Author Kahn, Matthew E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.05.1998
Elsevier
North Holland
SeriesEconomics Letters
Subjects
Air quality
Engel curves
Environment
Environmental protection
Households
Income
Pollution
Poor
Vehicles
Engel curves
Air quality
R12
Q25
Vehicles
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Summary:Richer households may create more vehicle emissions because they own more vehicles and drive more. Poorer households may pollute more because they use high polluting vintages and maintain them less well. This paper uses 1993 California vehicle microdata to show that there is a `Kuznets U' shaped hydrocarbon emissions relation.
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ISSN:0165-1765
1873-7374
DOI:10.1016/S0165-1765(98)00035-4