The impacts of technical progress on sulfur dioxide kuznets curve in China: A spatial panel data approach

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Zhou, Zhimin ^a,b   Ye, Xinyue ^b   Ge, Xiangyu ^a  

^a ZHONGNAN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND LAW   (China)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental Kuznets curve; SO2 emission; Spatial panel data model; Technical progress

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; KUZNETS CURVE; PANEL DATA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFUR EMISSION; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

CHINA;

EID: 85018455306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9040674     Document Type: Article

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