The environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis for water pollution: Do regions matter?

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-23

  Lee, Chien Chiang ^a   Chiu, Yi Bin ^a   Sun, Chia Hung ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biological oxygen demand emissions; Environmental Kuznets curve; Generalized method of moments approach

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DYNAMIC TECHNIQUES; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE HYPOTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; GENERALIZED METHOD OF MOMENTS; GLOBAL SCALE; TURNING POINTS; U-SHAPED;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECONOMICS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OIL SPILLS; OXYGEN; WATER POLLUTION;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCOME; KUZNETS CURVE; WATER POLLUTION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 71749120362     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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