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| Author: | Bruyn, S. M. de Bergh, J. C. J. M. van den Opschoor, J. B. |
| Title: | Economic growth and emissions: reconsidering the empirical basis of environmental Kuznets curves. |
| Journal: | Ecological Economics
1998 : MAY, VOL. 25:2, p. 161-175 |
| Index terms: | ECONOMIC GROWTH POLLUTION ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Recent empirical research indicates that certain types of emissions follow an inverted-U or environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) as income grows. This regularity has been interpreted as a possible de-linking of economic growth and patterns of certain pollutants for developed economies. In the article, the empirical basis of this result is investigated by considering some statistical particularities of the various EKC studies performed. It is argued that the inverted-U relationship between income and emissions estimated from panel data need not hold for specific individual countries over time. Based on insights from 'intensity-of-use' analysis in resource economics, an alternative growth model is specified and estimated for three types of emissions in four countries (Netherlands, UK, USA and Western Gernmany). It is found that the time patterns of these emissions correlate positively with economic growth and that emission reductions may have been achieved as a result of structural and technological changes in the economy. investigated by considering some statistical particularities of the various EKG studies |
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