Lessons From Quantile Panel Estimation of the Environmental Kuznets Curve

Econometric Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 815-853

  Flores, Carlos A ^a   Flores Lagunes, Alfonso ^b,c   Kapetanakis, Dimitrios ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental Kuznets curve; Income and the environment; Panel quantile estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894286833     PISSN: 07474938     EISSN: 15324168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07474938.2013.806148     Document Type: Article

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