Economic growth and air quality in China

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 79-96

  Shaw, Daigee ^a,c   Pang, Arwin ^b   Lin, Chang Ching ^c   Hung, Ming Feng ^d  

^a CHUNG HUA INSTITUTION FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

^d TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air quality; China; Environmental Kuznets curve; Latecomer

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956833598     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10018-010-0166-5     Document Type: Article

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