An empirical analysis of CO2 emission in Pakistan using EKC hypothesis

Journal of International Trade Law and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 188-200

  Ahmed, Khalid ^a   Long, Wei ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

CO2 emission; Cointegration; Economic growth; Energy consumption; Environmental Kuznets curve; Pakistan; Population density; Population distribution; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878876667     PISSN: 14770024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JITLP-10-2012-0015     Document Type: Article

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