environmental Kuznets-curve (EKC) theory in six South Asian countries (SAARC). With cross-sectional dependence present, this … the EKC hypothesis, the findings show that higher economic growth leads to increased environmental pollution and CO2 …

(EKC) hypothesis is central to the development plans and formulation of climate change policy.However, the evidence on EKC … and ignoring updated estimation methods. This study reinvestigates the EKC by exploiting the lager panel data set … for long run estimates. The findings of different estimators validate aninverted U-shaped EKC for UICs while U-shaped EKC …

Kuznets curve (EKC) literature. But related hypotheses, performance measures and results continue to present a challenge. The … present paper contributes to this ongoing literature by studying two different EKC specifications for 10 Middle East and North … African (MENA) countries over the period 1990-2010 using panel data methods. For the first specification, namely EKC, we show …