Regional model of EKC for air pollution: Evidence from the Republic of Korea

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5840-5849

  Park, Soonae ^a   Lee, Youngmi ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Climate change; Economic growth; Regional energy policy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS RESULTS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PANEL DATA; RANDOM COEFFICIENTS; REGIONAL ENERGY POLICY; REGIONAL LEVELS; REGIONAL MODEL; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TIME-PERIODS; U-SHAPED;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE MODELS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MITIGATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PANEL DATA; POLLUTION CONTROL; REGIONAL POLICY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

KOREA;

EID: 80052725250     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.06.028     Document Type: Article

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