Re-examining the empirical evidence for stochastic convergence of two air pollutants with a pair-wise approach

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 555-570

  Nourry, Myriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Carbon dioxide; Joint confirmation Hypothesis; Stochastic convergence; Sulfur dioxide; Unit roots

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; POLLUTION; STATISTICAL TESTS; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CRITICAL VALUE; JOINT TEST; PER CAPITA; POLLUTANT EMISSION; STOCHASTIC CONVERGENCE; UNIT ROOT; UNIT ROOT TESTS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA SET; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SAMPLING; STOCHASTICITY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 72249083492     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-009-9301-9     Document Type: Article

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