Environmental awareness and environmental Kuznets curve

Chen, Xudong; Huang, Bihong; Lin, C.-Y. Cynthia

doi:10.1016/j.econmod.2019.02.003

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“…Many of these problems have been mitigated in recent years. Scienti…c research on the results of global pollution and education has improved public awareness (Balaguer and Cantavella, 2018;Chen et al, 2019 ). International negotiations have resulted in "[o]ver 1,000 international environmental agreements ... since the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm Conference) in 1972," (Marrouch and Chaudhuri, 2016).…”

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A dynamic analysis of the income–pollution relationship in a two-country setting

Filippiadis

Λίτινα

2021

Econ Change Restruct

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This research explores the presence of the income-pollution relationship in a dynamic twocountry setting. We argue that the initial conditions of an economy, as described by its initial stock of physical capital, its total factor productivity, and the degree of environmental awareness, are critical determinants of the income-pollution paths. More importantly, these initial conditions have a more pronounced e¤ect in a world where economies interact with one another and transboundary and global pollutants are a¤ecting more than one country. We show that, in the presence of pollution externalities between two countries, the income-pollution paths these countries follow depend on the stage of development of each country, on their relative and absolute productivities, on the degree of environmental awareness and on the transboundary nature of the pollutants. In a two-country setting with pollution externalities even more complex patterns may arise compared to single country models, thereby con…rming the nonlinear e¤ect of growth on environmental outcomes. It is shown that even small asymmetries span income-pollution relationships that are signi…cantly di¤erent than the prescribed inverted U-shaped patterns.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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A dynamic analysis of the income–pollution relationship in a two-country setting

Filippiadis

Λίτινα

2021

Econ Change Restruct

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“…Their results confirmed the EKC and represented a negative relationship between environmental degradation and human capital index level. Chen et al (2019) examined a panel data covering more than 60 countries to investigate the impacts of environmental awareness on environmental performance. They tested a two-staged model: Socio-economic indicators, including education (proxied by tertiary education enrollment rate), was used as a control variable in the public environmental awareness model and found a positive relationship.…”

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Is Education Compulsory for Environmental Quality An Empirical Study on EKC and Education Nexus

Balin¹

2021

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Studies analyzing the environmental impacts of economic growth and considering the nexus between the stages of development remain popular since the 90s. The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis suggests that there is an inverted-Ushape relationship between per capita income and damage to the environment. Within the vast EKC literature, various variables that may have an impact on environmental pollution were included in the models. However, studies examine the effect of education on environmental quality are relatively new. In this study, the EKC hypothesis is tested in terms of per capita income and education level by using data from the period of 1998-2014 of 47 countries. Environmental pollution is measured by carbon dioxide per capita; income level is measured by GDP per capita, and education level is measured by the number of students enrolled in tertiary education and the share of public expenditures on education in GDP. According to the empirical findings; (i) The Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis is confirmed for only the number of students enrolled in tertiary education, (ii) there is a significant and negative relationship between the share of public expenditures on education in GDP and CO2 emissions. Therefore education can be evaluated as a powerful tool for environmental policy.

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“…These consumers may be more inclined to choose low-pollution vehicles such as new energy vehicles or bicycles. Therefore, their choice of transportation mode will change significantly over time, with nonlinear characteristics [22]. Second, the stage of economic development is changed.…”

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The Impact of Urban Transportation Infrastructure on Air Quality

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While previous study has confirmed significant correlation between infrastructure construction and air quality, little is known about the nature of the relationship. In this paper, we intend to fill this gap by using the Panel Smooth Transition Regression (PSTR) model to discuss the nonlinear relationship between transportation infrastructure construction and air quality. The panel data includes 280 cities in China for the period 2000-2017. We find that the transportation infrastructure investment is positively correlated to the air quality when the GDP per capita is below RMB 7151 or the number of motor vehicle population per capita is below 37 (vehicles per 10,000 persons) where the model is in the lower regime, and that the transportation infrastructure investment is negatively correlated to the air quality when the GDP per capita is greater than RMB 7151 or the number of motor vehicle population per capita is larger than 37 (vehicles per 10,000 persons) where the model is in the upper regime. The empirical results of the three sub-samples, including eastern, western and central regions, are similar to that of the national level. Furthermore, increasing transportation infrastructure investment is conducive to improving air quality. Urban bus services, green area, population density, wind speed and rainfall are also conducive to reducing air pollution, but the role of environmental regulation is not significant. After adding the instrumental variable (urban built-up area), the conclusions are further supported. Finally, relevant policy recommendations for reducing air pollution are proposed based on the empirical results.

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Environmental awareness and environmental Kuznets curve

Cited by 122 publications

References 32 publications

A dynamic analysis of the income–pollution relationship in a two-country setting

A dynamic analysis of the income–pollution relationship in a two-country setting

Is Education Compulsory for Environmental Quality An Empirical Study on EKC and Education Nexus

The Impact of Urban Transportation Infrastructure on Air Quality

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