Is there an Environmental Kuznets Curve for SO2 emissions? A semi-parametric panel data analysis for China

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 1182-1188

  Wang, Yuan ^a,b   Han, Rong ^a   Kubota, Jumpei ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Environmental Kuznets curve; STIRPAT; Sulfur emissions; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; POPULATION STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CHINESE CONTEXT; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNET'S CURVE; PANEL DATA ANALYSIS; SEMIPARAMETRIC; STIRPAT; STOCHASTICS; SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; SULPHUR EMISSIONS; URBANIZATION;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84946887618     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.143     Document Type: Review

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