Is economic growth good or bad for the environment? Empirical evidence from Korea

Energy Economics

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 744-749

  Baek, Jungho ^a   Kim, Hyun Seok ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ARDL; Environmental Kuznets curve; Nuclear energy

Indexed keywords

ARDL; AUTO-REGRESSIVE; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; COINTEGRATION; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOME; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; NUCLEAR ENERGY;

ECONOMICS;

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FOSSIL FUEL; KUZNETS CURVE; NUCLEAR POWER;

KOREA;

EID: 84874299137     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.11.020     Document Type: Article

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