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Economic Development and CO2 Emissions: A Nonparametric Panel Approach
- Source :
- Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, 2008, pp.1347-1363, HAL
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2008.
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Abstract
- We examine the empirical relation between CO2 emissions per capita and GDP per capita during the period 1960–1996, using a panel of 100 countries. Relying on the nonparametric poolability test of Baltagi et al. [Baltagi, B.H., Hidalgo, J., Li, Q., 1996. A nonparametric test for poolability using panel data, Journal of Econometrics 75, 345–367], we find evidence of structural stability of the relationship. We then specify a nonparametric panel data model with country-specific effects. Estimation results show that this relationship is upward sloping. Nonparametric specification tests do not reject monotonicity but do reject the polynomial functional form which leads to the environmental Kuznets curve in several studies.
- Subjects :
- Economics and Econometrics
020209 energy
jel:C23
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
12. Responsible consumption
jel:O40
Environmental Kuznets curve,panel data,poolability test,mono- tonicity test,specification test
Kuznets curve
0502 economics and business
Statistics
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Econometrics
Per capita
Economics
050207 economics
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Estimation
05 social sciences
Nonparametric statistics
jel:C14
13. Climate action
jel:O10
Finance
Panel data
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00472727
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, 2008, pp.1347-1363, HAL
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....26094be4e2f0f30d7000ae4db698714a