Testing crucial model assumptions: the income/willingness to pay for the environment nexus in the Environmental Kutznetz Curve

Becchetti LeonardoRando LucaAuci Sabrina
CEIS Working Papers
Several theoretical models investigating the relationship between economic growth and environmental degradation postulate that consumers’ willingness to pay for it gets higher as far as per capita income grows. We test this hypothesis on willingness to pa
Number: 239
Date: Friday, September 1, 2006
Revision Date: Friday, September 1, 2006