What is the role of openness for China's aggregate industrial SO2 emission?: A structural analysis based on the Divisia decomposition method

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 868-886

  He, Jie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Pollution; Regional decomposition; Trade

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; KUZNETS CURVE; POLLUTION CONTROL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHINA;

EID: 74549123302     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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