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China is an emerging and leading world economy. The pace of economic change has been tremendously rapid since the beginning of economic reforms. Despite the importance of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) and environmental problems in China, no previous study has tested the EKC in China...
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Beijing organized the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, and the main goal of the Chinese government regarding this event was to hold a Green Olympics. A difference-in-differences approach was used to estimate the environmental impact the Olympic Games on air quality improvement in Beijing, compared to...
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Beijing organized the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, and the main goal of the Chinese government regarding this event was to hold a Green Olympics. A difference-in-differences approach was used to estimate the environmental impact the Olympic Games on air quality improvement in Beijing, compared to...
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China is an economic powerhouse with annual economic growth averaging close to 9% over the last 25 years. However, as a result of this extremely rapid economic growth, the scale and seriousness of its environmental problems are clearly evident. Consequently, a number of environmental problems,...
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Theoretically, more openness in trade may affect the environment positively or negatively. This paper empirically tests … the hypothesis that trade openness is good for the environment. While the results reject the hypothesis for sulphur … supported for high-income countries. Unlike in the existing literature on trade and the environment, the scale effect has a …
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China is an economic powerhouse with annual economic growth averaging close to 9% over the last 25 years. However, as a result of this extremely rapid economic growth, the scale and seriousness of its environmental problems are clearly evident. Consequently, a number of environmental problems,...
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Theoretically, more openness in trade may affect the environment positively or negatively. This paper empirically tests … the hypothesis that trade openness is good for the environment. While the results reject the hypothesis for sulphur … supported for high-income countries. Unlike in the existing literature on trade and the environment, the scale effect has a …
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