Estimating the environmental Kuznets curve for ecological footprint at the global level: A spatial econometric approach

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-21

  Wang, Yong ^a   Kang, Lingyan ^a   Wu, Xiaoqing ^a   Xiao, Yang ^a  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Biocapacity; Ecological footprint; Environmental Kuznets curve; Spatial dependence; Spatial Durbin model; Spatial error model

Indexed keywords

BIO-CAPACITY; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; SPATIAL DURBIN MODELS; SPATIAL ERROR MODELS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; KUZNETS CURVE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84877779450     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.03.021     Document Type: Article

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