Does financial development reduce environmental degradation? Evidence from a panel study of 129 countries

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 14891-14900

  Al mulali, Usama ^a   Tang, Chor Foon ^b   Ozturk, Ilhan ^c  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c CAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CO2 emission; Financial development; GDP growth; Petroleum consumption; Trade openness; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; PANEL DATA; PETROLEUM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; URBANIZATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; RENEWABLE ENERGY; URBANIZATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84943198595     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4726-x     Document Type: Article

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