Is economic growth good for the environment? A number of economists ha ve claimed that economic growth can benefit the environment, recruitin g political support and finance for environmental policy measures. Thi s view has received increasing support since the early 1990s from empi rical evidence that has challenged the traditional environmentalist's belief that economic growth degrades the environment. This book review s the theoretical and empirical literature on growth and the environme nt, giving an in-depth empirical treatment of the relationship between the two. Various hypotheses are...