Economic growth and environmental efficiency: Evidence from US regions

被引：21
作者：
Halkos, George E. [1 ]
Tzeremes, Nickolaos G. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Thessaly, Dept Econ, Lab Operat Res, Volos 38333, Greece
来源：
ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2013年 / 120卷 / 01期
关键词：
Regional environmental efficiency; Directional distance function; Conditional measures; US regions; NONPARAMETRIC PRODUCTION ANALYSIS; KUZNETS CURVE; WEAK DISPOSABILITY; MODELS;
D O I：
10.1016/j.econlet.2013.03.043
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
This paper proposes a conditional directional distance function estimator in order to examine the link between regional environmental efficiency and GDP per capita levels. As an illustrative example we apply our model to US regional data revealing an inverted 'U' shape relationship between regional environmental efficiency and per capita income. The results derived from a non-parametric regression indicate a turning point at 49,000 dollars. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页数：5
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