demand for forest fuels, and two of them concern the relation between economic growth and pollution. <p>Paper [I] is a first …

. China is one of the largest economies in the world, with its gross domestic product (GDP) rising on an average above 9 …

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 …

relationship between pollution and the shadow economy. The estimation results show that there is an inverse-U relationship between … pollution/energy use. To this end, we first use different indicators of environmental pollution along with a measure of energy … use intensity in a panel dataset consisting of 152 countries over the period 1999–2009 and empirically examine the …

another division of the formal sector, which generates less pollution than the informal sector since the former uses a … in the formal sector may accentuate pollution, even if it involves transfer of EST. Secondly, there might exist a … positive relationship between pollution and national income in the economy both in the presence and absence of transfer of EST …

Countries (ASEAN) region, but environmental degradation occurs with globalization. Using panel data from the period 1970 … quality. Moreover, Japan’s imports from the region do not cause pollution while China’s imports stimulate the pollution per …

with public abatement, we characterize the condition on the parameters in preferences and in the pollution technology … and pollution in the utility function is crucial. …

pollution level. The study seeks to examine the pattern and nature of EKC in Africa and major income groups according to World …The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis asserts that pollution levels rises as a country develops, but reaches … a certain threshold where pollution begins to fall with increasing income. In EKC analysis, the relationship between …