Environmental pollution emissions, regional productivity growth and ecological economic development in China

China Economic Review

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-182

  Chen, Shiyi ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological economic development, evaluation index; Provinces; Regional productivity growth; Waste water and gas emissions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028214946     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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