Economic growth and the environment: reassessing the environmental Kuznets Curve for air pollution emissions in OECD countries
| Autor: | Emil Mihaylov, Emil Georgiev |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Economics and Econometrics
Performance and Impact Agrosectors Special Durbin model Geography Planning and Development LEI MARKT & K - Ketenprestaties Air pollution Oecd countries medicine.disease_cause Performance en Impact Agrosectoren Urban Studies Kuznets curve Air pollutants Greenhouse gas Environmental Kuznets Curve OECD medicine Econometrics Economics Demography |
| Zdroj: | Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 8(1), 29-47 Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences 8 (2015) 1 |
| ISSN: | 1864-4031 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12076-014-0114-2 |
| Popis: | This paper tests the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis for four local (SO $$_{x}$$ , NO $$_{x}$$ , CO, VOC) and two global (CO $$_{2}$$ , GHG) air pollutants. Using a panel data set of thirty OECD countries, the paper finds that the postulated inverted U-shaped relationship between income and pollution does not hold for all gases. A meaningful EKC exists only for CO, VOC and NO $$_{x}$$ , where for CO $$_{2}$$ the curve is monotonically increasing. For GHG there is indication of EKC, but most countries are still on the increasing path of the curve. SO $$_{x }$$ emissions follow a U-shaped curve. |
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