Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis and Carbon Dioxide Emissions

• Main Author: Uchiyama, Katsuhisa (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics,
• Subjects: Development economics.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Development Economics.

This book investigates the relationship between environmental degradation and income, focusing on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from around the world, to explore the possibility of sustainable development under global warming. Although many researchers have tackled this problem by estimating the En...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
•  2 Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis
•   3 Empirical Analysis of the Environmental Kuznets Curve
•   4 Concluding Remarks
•   Appendix A Stokey Model with Accumulative Pollutant
• Appendix B Nonstationary Panel Data
•  Appendix C Model Specification Test
•   Further Reading.