Environmental performance and returns to pollution abatement in China

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1643-1651

  Managi, Shunsuke ^a   Kaneko, Shinji ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Environmental efficiency Pollution abatement

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 62349116625     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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