“…In the last decades, many studies have investigated this relationship looking for certain regularity. Although with mixed results, many have focused on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (Aldy, 2006(Aldy, , 2007Balaguer and Cantavella, 2016;Jebli, 2016;Brock and Taylor, 2004;Ezcurra, 2007;Nguyen Van, 2005;Romero-Ávila, 2008;Westerlund and Basherwe, 2008), per capita SO2 and NOx emissions (Cole et al 1997;de Bruyn et al, 1998;Kaufmann et al, 1998;List, 1999;Panayotou, 1995). Others, together with the previous, tested for additional selected environmental indicators.…”