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Title: TWO METHODS OF ESTIMATING SEMIPARAMETRIC COMPONENT IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNET'S CURVE (EKC)
Authors: Paudel, Krishna P.
Zapata, Hector O.
Authors (Email): Paudel, Krishna P. (kpaudel@agcenter.lsu.edu)
Zapata, Hector O. (hzapata@agcenter.lsu.edu)
Issue Date: 2004
Series/Report no.: Selected Paper
Abstract: This study compares parametric and semiparametric smoothing techniques to estimate the environmental Kuznet curve. The ad hoc functional form where income is related either as a square or a cubic function to environmental quality is relaxed in search of a better nonlinear fit to the pollution-income relationship for panel data.
URI: http://purl.umn.edu/34598
Institution/Association: Southern Agricultural Economics Association>2004 Annual Meeting, February 14-18, 2004, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Total Pages: 21
Language: English
Collections:2004 Annual Meeting, February 14-18, 2004, Tulsa, Oklahoma

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