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and ignoring updated estimation methods. This study reinvestigates the EKC by exploiting the lager panel data set … (EKC) hypothesis is central to the development plans and formulation of climate change policy.However, the evidence on EKC … for long run estimates. The findings of different estimators validate aninverted U-shaped EKC for UICs while U-shaped EKC …
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sample, regions and income groups. The results indicate that there is an Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) for most … degradation can be entirely confirmed. If anything, there is modest support for the Pollution Haven Hypothesis (PHH). In addition …
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environment, (ii) increasing returns in abate- ment giving rise to an EKC and (iii) sustained growth resulting from a linear final … potential explana- tion of an N-shaped pollution-income relation. Finally, it is shown that the model is compatible with most …
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capita GDP and pollution. Using a new data set for OECD countries on carbon dioxide emissions for the period 1960-1997, we …
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The number of studies seeking to empirically characterize the reduced-form relationship between a country economic growth and the quantity of pollutants produced in the process has recently increased significantly. In several cases researchers have found evidence pointing to an inverted-U...
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In our paper, we test the stability of the unadjusted and adjusted Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). Our results … provide evidence in favour of the significance of the adjusted EKC hypothesis in which the impact of per capita GDP on the … in the estimation period and interval …
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In this paper we analyse the effects of human capital in fostering output growth in ICT manufacturing and services using data from a sample of twenty OECD countries over the period 1980-2002. We focus on within country between industry differences and control for country and industry specific...
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framework of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) literature. To investigate this issue, we examine how inequality affects …
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The relationship between per capita income and a number of pollution indicators has been found to display an inverted U …-shaped or downward-sloping pattern. Corruption may affect this relationship in two distinct ways: by raising pollution at given …. Using cross section data for several indicators of pollution, the paper estimates the direct and the indirect effect of …
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, we confirm that the EKC remains a fragile concept. …
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