Essays about: "Environmental Kuznet Curve"

Found 3 essays containing the words Environmental Kuznet Curve.

  1. 1. Effects of Energy Poverty

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Obiekwe Edwin Anaso; [2022]
    Keywords : Energy Poverty; Ecological Footprint; Sustainability; Rewable Energy; Economic Development;

    Abstract : This study examined the relationship between energy poverty and environmental quality using panel data of 9 ECOWAS nations for the period of 2000 to 2020. The study adopted cross-sectional Augmented Im, Pesaran, and Shinpanel unit root test and the panel non-linear Autoregressive Distributed Lag techniques as analytical tools with Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita as control variables. READ MORE

  3. 2. Does the renewable share of total primary energy supply affect the prospect of economic growth? A study of the OECD economies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Oliver Petersson; Agnes Hedengren; [2019]
    Keywords : Economic growth; Renewable energy; Energy policy; Kuznet curve; Technology diffusion; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper navigates the subject of economic growth and energy use, with a focus on environmental sustainability. The aim is to investigate the relationship between the renewable share of total primary energy supply and the GDP per capita growth rate by conducting an empirical study on the OECD member states. READ MORE

  4. 3. Economic Development and Pollutants : Brazil’s Economic Development

    University essay from IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Sara Törnros; [2013]
    Keywords : Environmental Kuznet Curve; Economic Development; Climate Change; Sustainable Development; Carbon Dioxide; Brazil; Pollutants;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to investigate the correlation of economic development and pollutants in Brazil from 1960 to 2008. This investigation is conducted by scrutinizing and testing the much contested Environmental Kuznet Curve (EKC); an economic theory relating income to environmental degradation by an inverted U-shape. READ MORE