Environmental regulation, economic network and sustainable growth of Urban agglomerations in China

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Chong, Zhaohui ^a   Qin, Chenglin ^a   Ye, Xinyue ^b  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Economic network; Environmental regulation; Spillover channels; Urban agglomeration

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; PANEL DATA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; YANGTZE DELTA; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84970967272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8050467     Document Type: Article

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