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| Author: | Bruvoll, A. Medin, H. |
| Title: | Factors Behind the Environmental Kuznets Curve: A Decomposition of the Changes in Air Pollution |
| Journal: | Environmental and Resource Economics
2003 : JAN, VOL. 24:1, p. 27-48 |
| Index terms: | ECONOMIC GROWTH ENERGY ENVIRONMENT ECONOMICS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The environmental Kuznets curve theory suggests that economic growth in the long run may reduce environmental problems. In this article, the authors use a decomposition analysis to isolate eight different factors, in order to investigate the origins of changes in emissions to air over the period from 1980 to 1996. Among these factors are economic growth, changes in the relative size of production sectors and changes in the use of energy. Given constant emissions per produced unit, economic growth alone would have contributed to a significant increase in the emissions. This potential degradation of the environment has been counteracted by first of all more efficient use of energy and abatement technologies. |
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