Do economic, financial and institutional developments matter for environmental degradation? Evidence from transitional economies

Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-145

  Tamazian, Artur ^a   Bhaskara Rao, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic development; EKC; Environmental degradation; Financial development; Institutional quality

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENDOGENEITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT; HETEROSCEDASTICITY; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PANEL DATA; TRANSITION ECONOMY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMIES; UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY;

DEGRADATION; FINANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ECONOMICS;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FINANCE; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; KUZNETS CURVE; MODELING; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 72249089524     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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