The relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and economic growth: Quantile panel-type analysis

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1337-1366

  Wang, Kuan Min ^a  

^a OVERSEAS CHINESE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CO2 Emissions; Economic growth; Panel type VECM model; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872857907     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-011-9594-y     Document Type: Article

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