equivalent to 3% of the average household income. The elasticity of willingness-to-pay with respect to income is estimated to be …Even though surface water has been polluted almost everywhere in China, few economic valuation studies have been … conducted to value water quality changes. This paper reports an economic valuation study conducted in Yunnan, China, which …

U-shaped curve, or an environmental Kuznets curve, where pollution initially increases with income and then decreases … after a certain level of income has been reached. However, what determines the shape of an environmental Kuznets curve, such … determinants is vital to those interested indevelopment, especially in the developing world, where income growth is a high priority …

, new energy vehicles (NEVs) within China. Design/methodology/approach The broad strategic approach of two sectors within … the NEV sector in China, the pure electric vehicle (EV) and the low-speed electric vehicle (LSEV) sectors, are compared … China's future industrial growth and is heavily supported. In contrast, the LSEV sector receives no support from central …

substantially less than NNP, these adjustments do not adversely compromise existing estimates of economic growth for China. …

followed by an empirical assessment with Chinese data. The empirical results show that the COEs in China have better …