Deforestation and the Environmental Kuznets Curve in Developing Countries: A Panel Smooth Transition Regression Approach

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-194

  Chiu, Yi Bin ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84860920925     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2012.01251.x     Document Type: Article

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