Mariano Torras
Income and Power Inequality as Determinants of Environmental and Health Outcomes: Some Findings<sup>*</sup>
Adelphi University
objective article corrects two main shortcomings conventional economic analyses environmental change first overemphasis placed income growth general disregard socioeconomic factors second economists often oversimplified view environment distinctions environmental necessities potable water socalled environmental luxuries ignored test effectiveness power inequality explaining access sanitation safe water well health consequences methods develop twostage model seeking first explain changes environmental variables population health employ ordinary least squares regressions international crosssectional data results dimensions power inequality outperform percapita income possible determinants population health neither power inequality income clearly superior explaining environmental quality conclusion study casts doubt importance percapita income explaining environmental health outcomes