Environmental growth convergence among Chinese regions

China Economic Review

Volumn 34, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-18

  Boussemart, Jean Philippe ^a   Leleu, Hervé ^a   Shen, Zhiyang ^a  

^a IESEG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide emissions; Catching up; Growth convergence; Shadow price; Undesirable output; Weak disposability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925387294     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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