GDP and environment pressure: The role of energy in Latin America and the Caribbean

Mariana Zilio and Marina Recalde

Energy Policy, 2011, vol. 39, issue 12, 7941-7949

Abstract: This paper analyzes the relationship between economic growth and energy consumption for a sample of 21 Latin American and Caribbean countries during the 1970–2007 period. The investigation is made on the bases of the Energy Environmental Kuznets Curve (EEKC) hypothesis, using a panel data analysis. Energy consumption at aggregate level is used as an indicator of human environmental pressure and GDP per capita as an indicator of economic activity. Based in a cointegration approach, our results does not support the existence of a stable long run relationship between the series, rejecting the validity of such hypothesis for the selected sample over the 1970–2007 period.

Keywords: Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC); Energy consumption; Developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.09.049

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