Environmental quality indicators and financial development in Malaysia: unity in diversity

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 8392-8404

  Alam, Arif ^a   Azam, Muhammad ^b   Abdullah, Alias Bin ^c   Malik, Ihtisham Abdul ^c   Khan, Anwar ^d   Hamzah, Tengku Adeline Adura Tengku ^c   Faridullah, ^a   Khan, Muhammad Mushtaq ^a   Zahoor, Hina ^a   Zaman, Khalid ^a  

^a Development Studies   (Pakistan)

^b Universiti Utara Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d Department of Computer Science   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental quality indicators; Financial development; GMM technique; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FOSSIL FUEL; LIVESTOCK FARMING; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION POLICY;

MALAYSIA;

AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; POPULATION DENSITY;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL FUELS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84929837100     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3982-5     Document Type: Article

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