The distribution of environmentally related well-being: a conceptual framework |
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Authors: | Rachel A. Bouvier |
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Affiliation: | Department of Economics, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME, USA |
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Abstract: | Environmental economists have long concerned themselves with the ways in which natural resources and pollution can contribute to (or detract from) human well-being. However, the distribution of economic benefits and costs from environmentally related goods and services has been often overlooked. This article derives a conceptual framework that brings together the literature from the environmental justice movement, work on the so-called resource curse, and institutional environmental economics into a comprehensive whole. The conceptual framework gives rise to several interesting questions that can be used in studying the distribution of environmentally related well-being. |
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Keywords: | environmental quality inequality pollution natural resources distribution well-being |
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