Nonlinearities and Heterogeneity in Environmental Quality: An Empirical Analysis of Deforestation

Phu Nguyen Van () and Théophile Azomahou
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Phu Nguyen Van: THEMA - Théorie économique, modélisation et applications - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CY - CY Cergy Paris Université
Théophile Azomahou: BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
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Abstract: We use a panel data set of 59 developing countries over the 1972–1994 period to study the deforestation process. Relying on both parametric and semiparametric models, we examine nonlinearities and heterogeneity in the deforestation process. We first study the existence of an Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) and then analyze determinants of deforestation. Our data sample provides no evidence of an EKC. We also find that political institution failures may worsen the deforestation process in developing countries.

Keywords: Deforestation; Economic development; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Semiparametric models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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Published in Journal of Development Economics, 2004, 84 (1), pp.291-309. ⟨10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.10.004⟩

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Journal Article: Nonlinearities and heterogeneity in environmental quality: An empirical analysis of deforestation (2007)
Working Paper: Nonlinearties and heterogeneity in environmental quality: an empirical analysis of deforestation (2005)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.10.004

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