Robust Comparisons of Natural Resources Depletion Indices

This note applies tools from the stochastic dominance literature on poverty to environmental data in order to test in a robust way whether over-consumption and thereby depletion of natural resources is increasing over time. The method is illustrated with country data on per capita CO2 emissions.

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Year of publication:	2004-06-08
Authors:	Makdissi, Paul ; Wodon, Quentin
Published in:	Economics Bulletin. - AccessEcon, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 9.2004, 2, p. 1-9
Publisher:	AccessEcon

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	I3 - Welfare and Poverty ; Q2 - Renewable Resources and Conservation; Environmental Management
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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