Are stronger environmental regulations effective in practice? the case of China's accession to the WTO

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 161-167

  Long, Xingle ^a   Oh, Keunyeob ^b   Cheng, Gang ^c  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Environmental technological efficiency (ETE); Pollution abatement cost (PAC); Strong disposability; Weak disposability; World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; FOREIGN INVESTMENT; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY; TIME-PERIODS; WORLD TRADE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVESTMENTS; POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

EID: 84867085942     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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