Economic growth and its impact on environment: A panel data analysis

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 324-333

  Aşici, Ahmet Atil ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adjusted Net Saving; Economic growth; Environmental sustainability; Race to the bottom hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTED NET SAVING; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FIXED-EFFECTS; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; MINERAL EXTRACTION; RACE-TO-THE-BOTTOM HYPOTHESIS; US DOLLAR; WORLD BANK;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEFORESTATION; INVESTMENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATABASE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PANEL DATA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; WORLD BANK;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INVESTMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84864238286     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.06.019     Document Type: Article

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