We examine the relationship between trade openness and the environment in a cross-
country panel, using the emission of particulate matter (PM10) as the basic indicator of …

Exchange rate policy has profound consequences for economic development, financial
crises, and international political conflict. Some governments in the developing world …

This paper contributes to a current and intense debate among economists on whether real
exchange rate undervaluation can boost growth. It focuses on addressing econometric and …

The global financial crisis has disrupted trade and capital flows in most developing
economies, resulting in an increased volatility of exchange rates. We develop an …

Energy intensity has gone through different stages across Chinese regions. In this paper, we
investigate the stochastic electricity-intensity convergence across the Chinese provinces …

A new panel method is applied to the case of Chinese provinces to analyze the existence of
club convergence in terms of per capita income, labor productivity, and capital intensity, from …

We examine the relationship between economic development and environmental
sustainability in Asia with a panel data of 34 Asian countries in 2000–2012. Along with the …

Unless something goes terribly wrong with China's economy (a possibility not to be casually
dismissed, even if it is not the most likely outcome), China will look to increase the …

In this paper, we analyze the role played by capital goods imports in the long-run growth of
developing countries. We focus in the case of the Chinese economy in the last few decades …

Based on a data envelopment analysis framework, this study develops an indicator termed
as carbon-weighted economic development (CWED) covering the dimensions of energy …