An Empirical Analysis of the Environmental Kuznets Curve for River Water Pollution in Uttar Pradesh

Sheikh, Aisha; Hassan, Owais Ibni

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“…EKC literature is overwhelmed by air pollution studies, with carbon dioxide being the most studied pollutant in the EKC literature. A relatively small branch of EKC literature has explored water pollution- (Barua & Hubacek, 2008;Grossman & Kruegner, 1991;Hauff & Mistri, 2015;Lee et al, 2010;Mythili & Mukherjee, 2011;Narayanan & Palanivel, 2003;Paudel et al, 2005;Shafik & Bandhopahyay, 1992;Sheikh & Hassan, 2020;Thompson, 2012Thompson, , 2014.…”

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Investigating the Relationship Between Export Diversification and River Water Pollution: A Time Series Analysis of the Indian Experience

Sheikh

Hassan

2021

Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice

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This article attempts to test the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) for export diversification and river water pollution (proxied by biochemical oxygen demand) for India during the period from 1986 to 2019. Over the past decade, India’s merchandise exports have been dominated by pollution-intensive industries such as mineral fuels, pharmaceuticals, nuclear reactors, organic chemicals and electrical machinery, iron and steel, and textiles. Additionally, India’s export mix is weakly diversified or a small number of commodities form the merchandise export basket. River water pollution is one of the gravest ecological threats in this country. Although a host of reasons define this ecological devastation, this study attempts to investigate if the weakly diversified, pollution-intensive export basket has any link with biochemical oxygen demand. Dickey–Fuller (ADF) and Philip–Perron (PP) tests are employed to determine the stationary properties of the variables and the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) cointegration test, as well as the bounds test to check the short- and long-run cointegration. Findings suggest that (a) export diversification is strongly cointegrated with biochemical oxygen demand both in the short and in the long run, and (b) the conventional inverted U-shaped EKC was not validated. Furthermore, a weakly diversified export basket increases water pollution. Suggested policy initiatives to combat industrial water pollution include the introduction of economic instruments. The water pollution abatement experience of industrial clusters suggests that radical institutional and governance reforms are paramount for successful policy reforms. Finally, there is a need to reduce the export commodity basket concentration not just to insulate the economy against global dynamics but also for achieving the goal of sustainable development. JEL codes: F18, Q56, Q53. Q580

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Investigating the Relationship Between Export Diversification and River Water Pollution: A Time Series Analysis of the Indian Experience

Sheikh

Hassan

2021

Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice

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“…N-shaped function has been reported for Fecal Coliform and Dissolved Oxygen [7], Phosphorus and Mercury [6]. Other forms reported in EKC studies include U-shaped function for Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Sediments [8], increasing function for BOD [9], decreasing function for BOD, COD and Fecal coliforms [10] and tilted S-shaped relationship for pH and BOD [11].…”

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Assessment of Water Quality to Economic Development: A Quantifying Environmental Kuznets Curve

Priyanga

Thilagavathi²,

Selvaraj³

2023

IJECC

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The study intends to investigate the relationship between the growth of the economy and surface water pollutants in Tamil Nadu using the concept of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). The study used cross-sectional time series (panel data) data for water pollutants such as Dissolved oxygen and conductivity, BOD, Total Coliforms and Fecal Coliforms across 16 districts in Tamil Nadu for the period 2003–2019. The findings of the study revealed that there was no indication of an EKC for Dissolved Oxygen and BOD; instead, Dissolved oxygen has a monotonically declining relationship while BOD has a monotonically increasing relationship, and the first turning point is yet to be achieved for both the water quality indices. The relationship between income and conductivity found a U-shaped relationship with the turning point on Rs.131.98 billion. The existence of an Inverted U-shaped EKC relationship for Fecal coliforms and Total Coliforms with the turning point on Rs. 482.22 and Rs. 477.65 billion, respectively.

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An Environmental Kuznets Curve for water pollution: Does water abundance affect the turning point?

Durmaz,

Thompson

2024

Science of The Total Environment

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An Empirical Analysis of the Environmental Kuznets Curve for River Water Pollution in Uttar Pradesh

Cited by 5 publications

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Investigating the Relationship Between Export Diversification and River Water Pollution: A Time Series Analysis of the Indian Experience

Investigating the Relationship Between Export Diversification and River Water Pollution: A Time Series Analysis of the Indian Experience

Assessment of Water Quality to Economic Development: A Quantifying Environmental Kuznets Curve

An Environmental Kuznets Curve for water pollution: Does water abundance affect the turning point?

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