Testing Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis in Asian countries

Apergis, Nicholas; Öztürk, İlhan

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.11.026

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“…The EKC hypothesis posits that economic growth is initially accompanied by environmental degradation but that environmental quality begins to improve as the economy achieves the threshold level of the per capita income (for details, see Stern 2004 andCarson 2010). This notion has been empirically supported by various studies, such as Aldy (2005) for US states, Acaravci and Ozturk (2010) for European countries, Apergis and Ozturk (2015) for Asian economies, and Jebli et al (2016) for OECD nations. Similarly, in the energy economics literature provides, many studies have investigated the EKC hypothesis by using time-series data for individual countries.…”

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Financial development and environmental quality: The way forward

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The present paper re-examines the asymmetric impact of financial development on environmental quality in Pakistan for the period 1985Q1 to 2014Q4. A comprehensive index of financial development is generated using Bank-and Stock market-based financial development indicators. The results show that inefficient use of energy adversely affects the environmental quality. This suggests adoption of energy efficient technology at both production and consumption levels. These technologies would be helpful to improve environmental quality, enhance the productivity in long-run and save energy. Bank-based financial development also impedes the environment. The government should encourage lenders to ease the funding for energy sector and allocate financial resources for environment friendly businesses rather than wasting them in consumer financing.

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Financial development and environmental quality: The way forward

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“…E KC studies addressing SO 2 emission and NOx e mission are mainly from the 1990s and early 2000s (see Dinda, 2004;Stern, 2004). In recent EKC studies, most focus on CO 2 emissions, such as in Scotland (Turner and Hanley, 2011), in Spain (Esteve and Tamarit, 2012), 27 EU countries (Lopez-Menendez et al, 2014), 7 Arctic countries (Baek, in print), 19 OECD countries (Wang, 2013), Turkey (de Vita et al, 2015), Vietnam (Al-Mulali et al, 2015), 14 Asian countries (Apergis and Ozturk, 2015) and Tunisia (Jebli and Youssef, 2015).…”

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Economic development and multiple air pollutant emissions from the industrial sector

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Managi

2015

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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This study analyzed the relationship between economic growth and emissions of eight environmental air pollutants (CO2, CH4, N2O, NOx, SOx, CO, NMVOC, and NH3) in 39 countries from 1995 to 2009. We tested an environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis for 16 individual industry sectors and for the total industrial sector. The results clarified that at least ten individual industries do not have an EKC relationship in eight air pollutants even though this relationship was observed in the country and total industrial sector level data. We found that the key industries that dictated the EKC relationship in the country and the total industrial sector are existed in CO2, N2O, CO, and NMVOC emissions. Finally, the EKC turning point and the relationship between economic development and trends of air pollutant emissions differ among industries according to the pollution substances. These results suggest inducing new environmental policy design such as the sectoral crediting mechanism, which focuses on the industrial characteristics of emissions.

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“…Many econometric studies have investigated the causal relationships of CO 2 emissions and concluded various recommendations related to the progression of pollution in developed and developing countries (e.g. Ang, 2007;Apergis and Ozturk, 2015;Ben Jebli and Ben Youssef, 2015a;Ben Jebli et al, 2015;Chebbi, 2010b;Chebbi et al, 2011;Fodha and Zaghdoud, 2010;Halicioglu, 2009;Sadorsky, 2009;Shahbaz et al, 2014). Among these studies, certain variables affect CO 2 emissions positively and lead to their increase, whereas other variables contribute to CO 2 emissions reduction, depending on the integrated variables, selected time period and empirical methodology.…”

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“…Besides, these authors suggest that the inversed U-shaped environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis has not been supported. Apergis and Ozturk (2015) use the GMM methodology to study the EKC hypothesis for a panel of 14 Asian countries. Their multivariate framework comprises carbon dioxide emissions, economic growth, population density, land, industry shares in growth, and four indicators indicating institutions' quality.…”

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The role of renewable energy and agriculture in reducing CO 2 emissions: Evidence for North Africa countries

Jebli

Youssef

2017

Ecological Indicators

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this paper uses panel cointegration techniques and Granger causality tests toinvestigate the dynamic causal links between per capita renewable energy consumption, agricultural value added (AVA), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, and real gross domestic product (GDP) for a panel of five North Africa countries spanning the period 1980-2011. In the short-run, the Granger causality tests show the existence of a bidirectional causality between CO 2 emissions and agriculture, a unidirectional causality running from agriculture to GDP, a unidirectional causality running from GDP to renewable energy consumption, and a unidirectional causality running from renewable energy consumption to agriculture. In the long-run, there is bidirectional causality between agriculture and CO 2 emissions, a unidirectional causality running from renewable energy to both agriculture and emissions, and a unidirectional causality running from output to both agriculture and emissions. Long-run parameter estimates show that an increase in GDP and in renewable energy consumption increase CO 2 emissions, whereas an increase in agricultural value added reduces CO 2 emissions. As policy recommendation, North African authorities should encourage renewable energy consumption, and especially clean renewable energy such as solar or wind, as this improves agricultural production and help to combat global warming.

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Testing Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis in Asian countries

Cited by 841 publications

References 34 publications

Financial development and environmental quality: The way forward

Financial development and environmental quality: The way forward

Economic development and multiple air pollutant emissions from the industrial sector

The role of renewable energy and agriculture in reducing CO 2 emissions: Evidence for North Africa countries

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