Is the environmental performance of industrialized countries converging? A 'SURE' approach to testing for convergence

Ecological Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 653-661

  Camarero, Mariam ^a   Picazo Tadeo, Andrés J ^b   Tamarit, Cecilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Convergence; Environmental performance; Multivariate tests; OECD; SURE; Unit roots

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OECD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TESTING METHOD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 46149096936     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.10.024     Document Type: Article

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