The nature of CO2 emission Kuznets curve

Sun, Junbo

doi:10.1016/s0301-4215(99)00056-7

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“…The case of CO 2 emissions is a good example. An EKC was found in the studies of Roberts and Grimes (1997), Schmalensee et al (1998), andSun (1999), among others, in contradiction with the results obtained by, e.g., Shafik (1994), Holtz-Eakin and Selden (1995), Heil and Selden (2001), and Taskin and Zaim (2000).…”

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confidence: 67%

“…Our nonparametric result of a monotonous increasing relationship between CO 2 emissions per capita and GDP per capita is consistent with the results obtained by Shafik (1994), Holtz-Eakin and Selden (1995), and Heil and Selden (2001), but contradicts those obtained by Roberts and Grimes (1997), Schmalensee et al (1998), Sun (1999), and Taskin and Zaim (2000). Two major explanations for the difference between our parametric findings and those of Holtz-Eakin and Selden (1995) and Heil and Selden (2001) can be put forward.…”

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Economic Development and Co2 Emissions: A Nonparametric Panel Approach

2005

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Die Discussion Papers dienen einer möglichst schnellen Verbreitung von neueren Forschungsarbeiten des ZEW. Die Beiträge liegen in alleiniger Verantwortung der Autoren und stellen nicht notwendigerweise die Meinung des ZEW dar.Discussion Papers are intended to make results of ZEW research promptly available to other economists in order to encourage discussion and suggestions for revisions. The authors are solely responsible for the contents which do not necessarily represent the opinion of the ZEW.Download this ZEW Discussion Paper from our ftp server:ftp://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp0556.pdf Non technical summaryThe relationship between economic development and environmental quality has been extensively explored in recent years. The shape of this relationship has implications for the definition of an appropriate joint economic and environmental policy. In the literature, this animated debate revolves around the existence of an Environmental Kuznets Curve, which implies that, starting from low levels of income per capita, environmental degradation increases, but after a certain level of income (turning point) it diminishes.This study investigates the question of the existence of an EKC using a nonparametric approach. In this framework, no a priori parametric functional form is assumed for modelling the relationship between carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions and GDP per capita. The main reason for studying CO 2 emissions is that they play a focal role in the current debate on environmental protection and sustainable development. CO 2 has been recognized by most scientists as a major source of global warming through its greenhouse effects. Another reason is that CO 2 emissions are directly related to the use of energy, which is an essential factor in the world economy, both for production and consumption. Therefore, the relationship between CO 2 emissions and economic growth has important implications for environmental and economic policies.To estimate this relationship, we use information drawn from several data sets. CO 2 emissions measured in metric tons are obtained from the data base of the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Real GDP per capita series, measured in thousand constant dollars at 1985 prices, are drawn from the Penn World Table 5.6. The resulting data set, a balanced panel of 100 countries, covers the period 1960-1996.We first consider the issue of structural stability of the relationship between CO 2 emissions and GDP per capita, and we find evidence of structural stability of the relationship over the period . Based on this result, the panel nature of the data allows us to specify a nonparametric model that accounts for heterogeneity across countries. We find that the relationship between CO 2 emissions and GDP per capita is upward sloping, and that the usually adopted polynomial functional form which leads to the environmental Kuznets curve in several studies is rejected against our nonparametric model. Moreover, by comparing different estimation methods ...

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Economic Development and Co2 Emissions: A Nonparametric Panel Approach

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“…The term Environmental Kuznets Curve was coined by Panayotou (1993) has given its resemblance to Kuznets' hypothesis. According to EKC, after economic growth reaches a certain level, it will remedy the environmental effect of the initial stages of economic development and compensate for it (Sun, 1999).…”

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“…Therefore, these two terms can be referred to as Composition or Structure Effect (C) and Abatement Effect (A). It is obvious that GDP per unit area represents Scale Effect (L) (Islam, Vincent and Panayotou;1999). The impacts of different factors, such as economic growth, technological change, international trade, FDI, environmental regulations etc actually can be decomposed into the above three effects.…”

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Economic Growth, CO2 Emissions and Energy Consumption: The Case of Bangladesh

Ghosh¹

2014

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Abstract:Issues on climate change have been recognized as serious challenges for regional sustainable development both at a global and local level. Given the background that most of the artificial carbon emissions are resulted from the energy consumption sector and the energy is also the key element resource for economic development, this study examines economic growth, CO 2 emissions and energy consumption relationship in Bangladesh by using cointegration test. For this purpose 1972-2011 periods taken and annual data of Gross Domestic Product (Y), Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO) and Energy Consumption (EC) are used. The obtain results from this paper indicated that energy consumption has a positive and significant impact on economic growth while carbon emission has a negative and insignificant effect, ensuring that economic growth in Bangladesh can be achieved without degrading the quality of the environment.

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“…Working with data for 1960-1999, Aldy (2005 finds different EKCs for per capita CO 2 emissions for different US states. Kahn (1998) finds an EKC in micro-data for vehicle emissions in California.…”

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Understanding Long-Term Energy Use and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the USA

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The nature of CO2 emission Kuznets curve

Cited by 89 publications

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Economic Development and Co2 Emissions: A Nonparametric Panel Approach

Economic Development and Co2 Emissions: A Nonparametric Panel Approach

Economic Growth, CO2 Emissions and Energy Consumption: The Case of Bangladesh

Understanding Long-Term Energy Use and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the USA

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