Essays about: "Environment Kuznets curve"
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1. The relationship between the three dimensions of sustainable development
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Sustainable development is a widely discussed concept, and it is needed because the world is facing a massive global challenge of climate change. Sustainable development is envisioned as an all-inclusive concept of three dimensions; environment, economy, and society. However, there are trade-offs between these three dimensions. READ MORE
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2. Methane Emissions and Economic Growth : An N-shaped Environmental Kuznets Curve for the G20 countries?
University essay from Umeå universitet/NationalekonomiAbstract : The climate crisis is one of the most challenging problems facing the earth’s population right now. Emissions of greenhouse gases is the major reason for global warming and a lot of attention has been directed to carbon dioxide emissions and its impact on the environment. READ MORE
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3. Energy Consumption as a Leading Factor of CO2 Emissions. Is the EKC still valid for the United States?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The objective of this paper is to examine the long-run relationship between CO2 emissions, economic output (GDP), and energy consumption in the US during the period 1960-2015. Energy consumption is investigated in its aggregated and disaggregated form i.e. READ MORE
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4. Economic Development and CO2 emissons : A comparison of High- and Middle-income economies
University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella HandelshögskolanAbstract : The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between economic development and pollution in the middle- and high-income countries for the period between 1960 and 2014. The study is conducted by first testing the environmental Kuznets curve, an economic theory that income has an inverted U-shape relationship with environmental degradation. READ MORE
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5. Technological innovation and the environment: an analysis based on patent counts
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The increasing concern on the present and future impact of climate change has raised the attention on the relationship between technology and the environment. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of green innovation on carbon emissions. READ MORE