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An empirical contribution to the debate on corruption, democracy and environmental policy
Pellegrini, Lorenzo (contributor);  … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003356694
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Better to grow or better to improve? : measuring environmental efficiency in OECD countries with a Stochastic Environmental Kuznets Frontier
Badunenko, Oleg; Galeotti, Marzio; Hunt, Lester C. - 2021
The standard approach to the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) holds that as a country develops and GDP per capita grows environmental degradation initially increases but eventually it reaches a turning point where environmental degradation begins to decline. Environmental degradation takes many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012694466
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The consequences of corruption : evidences from China
Bin Dong; Torgler, Benno - 2010
China. We also find that corruption strongly reduces tax revenue. Looking at things from an expenditure point of view we … observe that corruption significantly decreases government spending on education, R&D and public health in China. We also …. -- Corruption ; China ; Government ; Economic Development ; Inequality ; Environment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008729042
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Does the quality of political institutions matter for the effectiveness of environmental taxes? : an empirical analysis on CO2 emissions
Baiardi, Donatella; Scabrosetti, Simona - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012317521
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Legal families and environmental protection : is there a causal relationship?
Di Vita, Giuseppe (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003543931
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Economic development and environmental protection
Galeotti, Marzio - 2003
There is a long-standing debate on the relationship between economic development and environmental quality. From a sustainable development viewpoint there has been a growing concern that the economic expansion of the world economy will cause irreparable damage to our planet. In the last few...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011592727
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Inequality and climate change : two problems, one solution?
Nicolli, Francesco; Gilli, Marianna; Vona, Francesco - 2022
This paper re-examines the relationship between per capita income, inequality, and per capita emissions while accounting for nonhomotheticity in green preferences and nonlinearities in the impact of economic growth on GHG emissions. Theoretically, our research is motivated by the fact that if...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013463702
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The environmental Kuznets curve from mulitple perspectives
Jaeger, William Kenneth (contributor);  … - 2008
The analysis finds that in addition to U-shaped paths of environmental quality arising for growth in income per capita, growth in population can also produce socially efficient patterns that are U-shaped. Sufficient conditions for both types of paths are identified for a range of models and...
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The stability of the adjusted and unadjusted environmental Kuznets curve
Auci, Sabrina (contributor); Becchetti, Leonardo (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003356408
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Environmental Kuznets Curves for carbon emissions : a critical survey
Aslanidis, Nektarios - 2009
The empirical finding of an inverse U-shaped relationship between per capita income and pollution, the so-called Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC), suggests that as countries experience economic growth, environmental deterioration decelerates and thus becomes less of an issue. Focusing on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008823924