Scale of Production, Agglomeration and Agricultural Pollutant Treatment: Evidence From a Survey in China

Ecological Economics

Volumn 140, Issue , 2017, Pages 30-45

  Liu, Yazhou ^a,c   Ji, Yueqing ^a   Shao, Shuai ^b   Zhong, Funing ^a   Zhang, Ning ^d   Chen, Yishan ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Environmental regulation; Nonlinear model; Pollutant treatment; Scale of pig production

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; FECES; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MANURE; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIG; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION POLICY; SURVEYING;

CHINA; JIAXING; YANGTZE DELTA; ZHEJIANG;

SUIDAE;

EID: 85018770039     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.04.016     Document Type: Article

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