Relationship Between Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation: Is there an Environmental Evidence of Kuznets Curve for Brazil?

Manuel Zambrano-Monserrate, Ivanna Valverde-Baja A, Joseph Aguilar-Boh Rquez and Mar a Mendoza-Jim Nez
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Ivanna Valverde-Baja A: Escuela Superior Polit cnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Human sticas, Campus Gustavo Galindo Km 30.5 V a Perimetral, P.O. Box 09-01-5863, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Joseph Aguilar-Boh Rquez: Escuela Superior Polit cnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Human sticas, Campus Gustavo Galindo Km 30.5 V a Perimetral, P.O. Box 09-01-5863, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Mar a Mendoza-Jim Nez: Escuela Superior Polit cnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Human sticas, Campus Gustavo Galindo Km 30.5 V a Perimetral, P.O. Box 09-01-5863, Guayaquil, Ecuador

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2016, vol. 6, issue 2, 208-216

Abstract: This study investigates the relationship between CO2 emissions, economic growth, energy use and electricity production by hydroelectric sources in Brazil. To verify the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis we use time-series data for the period 1971-2011. The autoregressive distributed lag methodology was used to test for cointegration in the long run. Additionally, the vector error correction model Granger causality test was applied to verify the predictive value of independent variables. Empirical results find that there is a quadratic long run relationship between CO2emissions and economic growth, confirming the existence of an EKC for Brazil. Furthermore, energy use shows increasing effects on emissions, while electricity production by hydropower sources has an inverse relationship with environmental degradation. The short run model does not provide evidence for the EKC theory. The differences between the results in the long and short run models can be considered for establishing environmental policies. This suggests that special attention to both variables-energy use and the electricity production by hydroelectric sources- could be an effective way to mitigate CO2 emissions in Brazil

Keywords: Environmental Kuznets Curve; Energy; Hydroelectric Power; Brazil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 O54 Q50 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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