Investigation of the environmental Kuznets curve for carbon emissions in Malaysia: DO foreign direct investment and trade matter?

Energy Policy

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 490-497

  Lau, Lin Sea ^a   Choong, Chee Keong ^a   Eng, Yoke Kee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide emissions; Economic growth; Environmental Kuznets curve

Indexed keywords

BOUNDS TESTING APPROACHES; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE HYPOTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS; POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS;

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; KUZNETS CURVE; POLICY MAKING; TRADE;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84896717434     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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