Impact of regional development on carbon emission: Empirical evidence across countries

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 499-510

  Li, Guoping ^a   Yuan, Yuan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon emission; income level; population size; regional development; technical progress

Indexed keywords

TORREYA NUCIFERA;

EID: 84919413526     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-014-0710-5     Document Type: Article

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