An empirical test of Environmental Kuznets Curve for water pollution

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-348

  Paudel, Krishna P ^a   Zapata, Hector ^a   Susanto, Dwi ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental Kuznets curve; Fixed and random effects; Parametric and semiparametric models; Turning points; Water pollution; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE (EKC); PARAMETRIC MODEL; SEMIPARAMETRIC MODELS; SIGNIFICATION TESTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

KUZNETS CURVE; WATER POLLUTION;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21144445135     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-005-1544-5     Document Type: Article

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