Development and the Environment: Are the Criticisms of the Environmental Kuznets Curve Justified?

Matthew A. Cole ()

Discussion Papers from Department of Economics, University of Birmingham

Abstract: This paper assesses the strength of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) which posits an inverted-U relationship between per capita income and pollution, in the light of a number of recent criticisms.

Keywords: ECONOMIC GROWTH; TRADE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O10 O13 F18 Q25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000

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