Strategic Interaction in Spending on Environmental Protection: Spatial Evidence from Chinese Cities

China and World Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 103-120

  Deng, Huihui ^a   Zheng, Xinye ^b   Huang, Nan ^a   Li, Fanghua ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C21; Environmental protection; H70; Q50; Spatial econometrics; Strategic interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867071576     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2012.01304.x     Document Type: Article

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