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Economic growth and the environment: reassessing the environmental Kuznets Curve for air pollution emissions in OECD countries

Economic growth and the environment: reassessing the environmental Kuznets Curve for air... This paper tests the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis for four local (SO $$_{x}$$ x , NO $$_{x}$$ x , CO, VOC) and two global (CO $$_{2}$$ 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 $$_{x}$$ x , where for CO $$_{2}$$ 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 $$_{x }$$ x emissions follow a U-shaped curve. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Letters in Spatial and Resource Science Springer Journals

Economic growth and the environment: reassessing the environmental Kuznets Curve for air pollution emissions in OECD countries

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2014 by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Subject
Economics / Management Science; Regional/Spatial Science; Agricultural Economics; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Environmental Economics; Demography
ISSN
1864-4031
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1864-404X
DOI
10.1007/s12076-014-0114-2
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Abstract

This paper tests the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis for four local (SO $$_{x}$$ x , NO $$_{x}$$ x , CO, VOC) and two global (CO $$_{2}$$ 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 $$_{x}$$ x , where for CO $$_{2}$$ 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 $$_{x }$$ x emissions follow a U-shaped curve.

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Letters in Spatial and Resource Science – Springer Journals

Published: Mar 5, 2014

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