Taking the "U" out of Kuznets A comprehensive analysis of the EKC and environmental degradation

被引：260

作者：

Caviglia-Harris, Jill L. ^{[1
]}

Chambers, Dustin ^{[1
]}

Kahn, James R. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Salisbury Univ, Salisbury, MD 21804 USA

[2] Washington & Lee Univ, Lexington, VA 24450 USA

来源：

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS | 2009年 / 68卷 / 04期

关键词：

Environmental Kuznets Curve; Ecological Footprint; Development; Growth; Sustainability; EKC; FOOTPRINT TIME-SERIES; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; PANEL-DATA; CURVE; INCOME; CONSUMPTION; INEQUALITY; DEFORESTATION; POLLUTION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.08.006

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

Unlike most Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) studies which focus on narrow measures of pollution as proxies for environmental quality, we test the validity of the EKC using the Ecological Footprint (EF), a more comprehensive measure of environmental degradation. We find no empirical evidence of an EKC relationship between the EF and economic development, and only limited support for such a relationship among the components of the EF. in addition, we discover that energy is largely responsible for the lack of an EKC relationship, and that energy consumption levels would have to be cut by over 50% in order for a statistically significant EKC relationship to emerge from the data. Overall, these results suggest that growth alone will not lead to sustainable development. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1149 / 1159

页数：11

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