Measuring green productivity growth for China's Manufacturing Sectors: 1991-2000

Asian Economic Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 425-451

  Cao, Jing ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental pollution; Green productivity growth; Technology change; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; MANUFACTURING; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 37849031270     PISSN: 13513958     EISSN: 14678381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8381.2007.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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