This paper examines the relationship between economic growth and environmental sustainability in the People’s Republic of China by empirically estimating environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) models using provincial-level panel data from 1985 to 2005. The results show that there exists an...

This research work is an empirical analysis of the determinants of long-run growth and technical progress in five Southeast Asian countries, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, i.e., the ASEAN countries, during the last three decades. We ask the fundamental question of...

[Extract] Many studies have appeared, in both English and Chinese, focusing on income distribution in rural China1. They point to a worsening trend since the late 1970s when China initiated economic reforms. Such a trend has serious implications for China's ability to maintain sustainable growth...