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Economic growth, industrialization, and the environment
Cherniwchan, Jevan - In: Resource and Energy Economics 34 (2012) 4, pp. 442-467
In this paper, I argue the compositional shift from agricultural to industrial production – industrialization – is a central determinant of changes in environmental quality as economies develop. I develop a simple two-sector model of neoclassical growth and the environment in a small open...
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Is the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis valid for developing countries? A survey
He, Jie - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2007
between growth and pollution –which does not only imply challenges but also opportunities for developing countries: indeed …-existing techniques in pollution abatement, they will be able to tunnel or leap-frog the EKC trajectory derived from developed countries …
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Economic growth and patterns of emissions - reconsidering the empirical basis of environmental Kuznet Curves
Bruyn, S.M. de; Bergh, J.C.J.M. van den; Opschoor, J.B. - VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business … - 1996
Kingdom, United States and Western Germany. It is found that the patterns of most of these emissions correlate positively with …
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Bioenergy, Pollution, and Economic Growth
Ankarhem, Mattias - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2005
demand for forest fuels, and two of them concern the relation between economic growth and pollution. <p>Paper [I] is a first …
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Economic and environmental effects under resource scarcity and substitution between renewable and non-renewable resources
Silva, Susana; Soares, Isabel; Afonso, Oscar - In: Energy Policy 54 (2013) C, pp. 113-124
We build a general equilibrium model with renewable (non-polluting) and non-renewable (polluting) resources to analyze the interaction and compatibility between economic growth and a cleaner environment. The study is in two phases: (i) resource extraction/production costs are constant; (ii)...
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Growth and environmental pollution: empirical evidence from China
Halkos, George E.; Tzeremes, Nickolaos G. - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 4 (2011) 3, pp. 144-157
Purpose – The rapid economic growth of China has attracted the attention of economists, researchers and politicians. China is one of the largest economies in the world, with its gross domestic product (GDP) rising on an average above 9 percent. This economic growth is considered responsible...
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Why should sustainable finance be given priority?: Lessons from pollution and biodiversity degradation
Wilson, Clevo - In: Accounting Research Journal 23 (2010) November, pp. 267-267
and its compatibility with the goals of sustainability; the case of excessive pollution due to adverse selection, moral …. Practical implications – This paper discusses the major issues and examples of pollution and biodiversity degradation that need … to be considered with sustainable finance. The paper also shows why economic growth without considering pollution impacts …
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Economic growth and pollution in the long run: the case of carbon dioxide
Burke, Paul - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2008
The concept underpinning the Environmental Kuznets Curve is that economic growth results in reduced pollution in the …
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Evolutionary thinking in environmental economics
Bergh, Jeroen - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 17 (2007) 5, pp. 521-549
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A comparative study on environmental policy development processes in the three East Asian countries: Japan, Korea, and China
Harashima, Yohei; Morita, Tsuneyuki - In: Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 1 (1998) 1, pp. 39-67
This study comparatively analyzes the environmental policy development processes in the three East Asian countries: Japan, Korea, and China. The history of policy development and relative sociopolitical background are investigated and compared in relation to the countries’ economic growth...
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