Lessons From Quantile Panel Estimation of the Environmental Kuznets Curve

Carlos A. Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes () and Dimitrios Kapetanakis

Econometric Reviews, 2014, vol. 33, issue 8, 815-853

Abstract: We employ quantile regression fixed effects models to estimate the income-pollution relationship on NO x (nitrogen oxide) and SO 2 (sulfur dioxide) using U.S. data. Conditional median results suggest that conditional mean methods provide too optimistic estimates about emissions reduction for NO x , while the opposite is found for SO 2 . Deleting outlier states reverses the absence of a turning point for SO 2 in the conditional mean model, while the conditional median model is robust to them. We also document the relationship's sensitivity to including additional covariates for NO x , and undertake simulations to shed light on some estimation issues of the methods employed.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/07474938.2013.806148

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