A semi-parametric partially linear investigation of the Kuznets' hypothesis

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 634-647

  Lin, Shu Chin ^a  

^a River) Huang, Ho Chuan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Inverted U; Kuznets' hypothesis; Partially linear; Semi parametric regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750625865     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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