Does an environmental Kuznets curve for waste pollution exist in China?

International Journal of Global Environmental Issues

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 4-19

  Kaneko, Shinji ^a   Managi, Shunsuke ^b   Fujii, Hidemichi ^a   Tsurumi, Tetsuya ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; EKC; Environmental Kuznets curve; Non parametric estimation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 57849115468     PISSN: 14666650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijgenvi.2009.022082     Document Type: Article

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