An international comparative analysis on China’s economic growthand the convergence in energy intensity gap and its economicmechanism

Chinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 65-75

  Shaozhou, Qi ^a   Bo, Yun ^b   Kai, Li ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guotai Junan Securities Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Convergence; Economic growth; Energy intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983746192     PISSN: 10042857     EISSN: 23254262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10042857.2011.10685030     Document Type: Article

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