Industrial ownership and environmental performance: Evidence from China

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-273

  Wang, Hua ^a   Jin, Yanhong ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Environmental performance; Externality; Ownership; Regulation

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION;

EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; OWNERSHIP;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; OWNERSHIP; POLLUTION CONTROL; STANDARD (REGULATION); WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33847611970     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-006-9027-x     Document Type: Article

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