How does carbon dioxide emission change with the economic development? Statistical experiences from 132 countries

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1073-1082

  Liao, Hua ^a   Cao, Huai Shu ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide emission; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Income elasticity; Linear spline model

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INCOME; KUZNETS CURVE; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84886725703     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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