Environment, human development and economic growth

Costantini, Valeria; Monni, Salvatore

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.05.011

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“…This is due to the fact that ANS is measured as a percentage of GNI; as such, using current income could result in biased estimates. A similar approach was used by Costantini and Monni (2008). They estimate a modified EKC with ANS as dependent variable and a modified Human Development Index, instead of income, on the right-hand side.…”

Section: The Choice Of Environmental and Economic Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Trade and Economic Growth on the Environment: Revisiting the Cross‐country Evidence

Abdulai

Ramcke

2011

J of Intl Development

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This paper explores the interrelations between economic growth, international trade and environmental degradation both theoretically and empirically. Panel data from developed and developing countries for the period of 1980 to 2003 is used and previous critique, especially on the econometric specification, is embedded. In particular, it is not assumed that there is a single link for all countries. Several environmental factors and one sustainability indicator are analyzed for the full sample, regions and income groups. The results indicate that there is an Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) for most pollutants, but with several reservations. None of the various hypotheses that concern the link between trade and environmental degradation can be entirely confirmed. If anything, there is modest support for the Pollution Haven Hypothesis (PHH). In addition, there are signs that trade liberalization might be beneficial to sustainable development for rich countries, but harmful to poor ones. However, a sustainable development path is particularly important for developing countries, as the poor are most exposed and vulnerable to the health and productivity losses associated with a degraded environment. Given that developing countries do not usually have the institutional capacities to set up the appropriate environmental policies, it is on developed countries to take the lead in addressing environmental degradation issues and assisting developing countries.

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Section: The Choice Of Environmental and Economic Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Trade and Economic Growth on the Environment: Revisiting the Cross‐country Evidence

Abdulai

Ramcke

2011

J of Intl Development

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“…In Table 3, we make use of the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) in 2004 as our development dependent variable (hdi). There has been increasing interest in the resource-curse literature on the impact of resource abundance on the HDI (e.g., see Bulte, Damania, and Deacon 2005;Costanini and Monni 2008;McFerson 2009). The HDI is a better proxy for the average level of human development (welfare), as it combines cross-country variation in three dimensions (GDP per capita, life expectancy, and education).…”

Section: Additional Evidence: Income and The Human Development Imentioning

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Ethnic Diversity, Property Rights, and Natural Resources

Baggio

Papyrakis

2010

The Developing Economies

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Countries rich in natural resources constitute both development failures and successes depending on their underlying socioeconomic fundamentals. Recent empirical evidence and theoretical work provide support for a resource-curse hypothesis based on ethnic fractionalization. There is also increasing empirical evidence suggesting that ethnic heterogeneity based on polarization is a strong deterrent of economic growth. In this paper, we explore the interlinkages between natural resource abundance and both measures of ethnic heterogeneity. In a two-simultaneous equation system, we assess the effects of fractionalization and polarization on property-rights protection, and thereby on growth, both directly as well as in interaction with our resource-abundance proxy. We find that ethnic polarization is more likely to have a direct negative impact on the effectiveness of property rights in a resource-rich context, which as we explain may suggest that different ethnic groups treat the contestable resource base as a semi-public good.d eve_116 473..495

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“…A number of studies suggest how the effects of natural resources are heterogeneous and strictly related to national institutional contexts (Papyrakis and Gerlagh, 2004;Costantini and Monni, 2008). In countries with diffuse corruption, weak rule of law or "grabbing institutions", a natural resource boom tends to depress growth, while in the opposite situation it produces positive effects (Stijns, 2005;Mehlum et al, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%