Evidence from panel unit root and cointegration tests that the Environmental Kuznets Curve does not exist

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 325-347

  Perman, Roger ^a   Stern, David I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; KUZNETS CURVE; METHODOLOGY; PANEL DATA;

EID: 0242337740     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.00216     Document Type: Article

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