Trade liberalization and pollution: A general equilibrium analysis of carbon dioxide emissions in Taiwan

Economic Modelling

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 435-454

  Yang, Hao Yen ^a  

^a SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

F13; General equilibrium model; Laspeyres index decomposition method; O53; Pollution; Q28; Trade liberalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010214456     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-9993(00)00048-1     Document Type: Article

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