Regional allocation of carbon dioxide abatement in China

China Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 552-565

  Wei, Chu ^a,b   Ni, Jinlan ^c   Du, Limin ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abatement Capacity Index; Carbon dioxide abatement; China; Extended Slacks Based Measure; Regional allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865391397     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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