The impact of biochemical Oxygen demand emissions on Malaysia's manufacturing productivity growth

Global Economic Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-319

  Ahmed, Elsadig Musa ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD); Economic impact; Green total factor productivity (TFP); Malaysia; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249145926     PISSN: 1226508X     EISSN: 17443873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12265080701694439     Document Type: Article

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