International trade, FDI (foreign direct investment) and embodied CO2 emissions: A case study of chinas industrial sectors

China Economic Review

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-134

  Ren, Shenggang ^a   Yuan, Baolong ^a   Ma, Xie ^a   Chen, Xiaohong ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EKC hypothesis; Embodied CO2 emissions; F18; FDI; International trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893831373     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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