An empirical test of the environmental Kuznets curve in China: A panel cointegration approach

China Economic Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-392

  SONG, Tao ^a   ZHENG, Tingguo ^b   TONG, Lianjun ^c,d  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Economic growth; Environmental Kuznets curve; Environmental pollution; Panel cointegration

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949102182     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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