SO2 emissions and the environmental Kuznets curve: the case of Chinese provinces

Matthieu Llorca () and André Meunié
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Matthieu Llorca: LEG - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Gestion - UB - Université de Bourgogne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LEDi - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dijon - UB - Université de Bourgogne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
André Meunié: GREThA - Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée - UB - Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This paper aims at estimating the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) for the sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions in a panel of 28 Chinese provinces. First, using a fixed effects model, econometric findings reveal an N shape EKC with a turning point of 4500 yuans (index 1990). However, a Chow test reveals a break in 1995, so that the estimation of the model indicates an increasing linear relationship between GDP per capita and SO2 emissions. The previous results imply that the decrease of the Chinese sulphur dioxide emissions during 1996–1999 did not result from the ECK but from an exogenous public action.

Keywords: sulphur dioxide emissions; environmental Kuznets curve; Chinese provinces; fixed effect models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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Published in Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 2009, 7 (1), pp.1-16. ⟨10.1080/14765280802604656⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/14765280802604656

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