Is there an inverted U-shaped curve? Empirical analysis of the Environmental Kuznets Curve in Singapore

Manuel Zambrano-Monserrate, Christopher Carvajal-Lara and Roberto Urgiles-Sanchez

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, 2018, vol. 25, issue 1-2, 145-162

Abstract: This paper provides empirical information based on the existence of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis for Singapore by applying the autoregressive distributed lag bounds testing approach for the period of 1971–2011. Singapore is a country that has experienced an incredible economic development in the last decades and its contamination has been low in recent years. This hypothesis was tested, obtaining positive results that support it, along with this the Granger causality test showed that the causal variables of CO2 emissions are the GDP per capita, energy consumption, population density, financial development and trade openness. Empirical results confirm the evidence of EKC hypothesis in both the short-run and long-run. The results suggest that the financial development and trade openness help to reduce the CO2 emissions. This study hopes to sustain that the existing environmental regulations in the country should continue applying to keep reducing environmental degradation.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/16081625.2016.1245625

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