Growth and pollution convergence: Theory and evidence

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-214

  Ordas Criado C ^a,b   Valente, S ^a   Stengos, T ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Convergence; Economic growth; Nonparametric regressions

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMISSION LEVEL; EMISSION REDUCTION; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; GROWTH MODELS; MODEL PREDICTION; NON-PARAMETRIC REGRESSION; PARAMETRIC MODELS; POLLUTION LEVEL; REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; SCALE EFFECTS; SULFUR OXIDE; SUSTAINABLE GROWTH;

AIR QUALITY; ECONOMICS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR;

POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONVERGENCE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GROWTH MODELING; OXIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 80051934384     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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