Exploring factors affecting the relationship between light consumption and GDP based on DMSP/OLS nighttime satellite imagery

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 134, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-119

  Wu, Jiansheng ^a   Wang, Zheng ^a   Li, Weifeng ^b   Peng, Jian ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Consumption propensity; DMSP OLS; GDP; Kuznets curve; Night light; Panel data

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS;

CONSUMPTION PROPENSITY; DMSP/OLS; KUZNETS CURVE; NIGHT LIGHTS; PANEL DATA;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DATA PROCESSING; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84875793108     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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