 Economic growth and the environment: reassessing the environmental Kuznets Curve for air pollution emissions in OECD countriesEmil Georgiev () and Emil Mihaylov () Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 2015, vol. 8, issue 1, 29-47 Abstract: This paper tests the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis for four local (SO $$_{x}$$ x , NO $$_{x}$$ x , CO, VOC) and two global (CO $$_{2}$$ 2 , GHG) air pollutants. Using a panel data set of thirty OECD countries, the paper finds that the postulated inverted U-shaped relationship between income and pollution does not hold for all gases. A meaningful EKC exists only for CO, VOC and NO $$_{x}$$ x , where for CO $$_{2}$$ 2 the curve is monotonically increasing. For GHG there is indication of EKC, but most countries are still on the increasing path of the curve. SO $$_{x }$$ x emissions follow a U-shaped curve. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 Keywords: Environmental Kuznets Curve; Air pollutants; OECD; Special Durbin model; O44; O5; Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:lsprsc:v:8:y:2015:i:1:p:29-47 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/s12076-014-0114-2 Access Statistics for this article Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences is currently edited by Henk Folmer and Amitrajeet A. Batabyal More articles in Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences from Springer |
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