Searching for a Kuznets curve in environmental efficiency using kernel estimation

Economics Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-223

  Taskin, Fatma ^a   Zaim, Osman ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Environmental Kuznets curve; Kernel estimation; Nonparametric methods; Q25; Q32

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034418372     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(00)00250-0     Document Type: Article

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