Does Social Capital Have a Role in Environmental Kuznets Curve? Spatial Panel Regression Approach

Krishna Paudel, Hector O. Zapata, Mark J. Schafer and Hassan Marzoughi

No 19457, 2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: We advance a case for an inclusion of social capital in the environmental Kuznets curve analysis using highly disaggregated data on water pollution in Louisiana. A social capital index and other variables are used in parametric and spatial panel regression models to explain water pollution dynamics.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.19457

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