The Environmental Kuznets Curve, Cointegration and Nonlinearity

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 948-967

  Wagner, Martin ^a,b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

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EID: 84943366054     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.2421     Document Type: Article

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