Essays about: "Environmental Kuznets Curve EKC"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 essays containing the words Environmental Kuznets Curve EKC.
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1. A test of the Environmental Kuznets Curve in the Nordic countries
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : Climate change arising from global warming is an important issue for the global community to resolve for the prospect of a sustainable future. It is therefore crucial to gain understanding in how nations can contain the progression of global warming created by emissions of greenhouse gases. READ MORE
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2. A European Material Kuznets Curve
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This bachelor thesis investigates the correlation between 28 European countries’material footprints (MF), as proxied by their Raw Material Consumption (RMC)per capita, and the environmental impact indicated by their carbon dioxide (CO2)emissions per capita, respectively, with their economic development, measured bytheir purchase power parity adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) per capita,during the period of 2008 to 2019. Specifically, through the theoretical frameworkof the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) and by utilizing Fixed EffectsOrdinary Least Squares regression models as well as Pooled Mean Groupestimation, the thesis asks whether or not evidence can be found for the possibleexistence of an EKC, an inverted-U shaped relationship between environmentaldegradation and economic development, within this European context. READ MORE
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3. The Correlation Between CO2 Emissions and GDP in Bhutan - A Threat to Carbon Neutrality?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : The nexus between environmental degradation and economic growth is becoming of greater importance globally and in order to limit global warming at an increase of 1.5 ° C there needs to be a net zero-transition towards carbon neutrality. READ MORE
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4. The Impact of China's Digital Economy Development on Carbon Emissions - Taking 31 Key Cities as Evidence
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Environmental deterioration led by global warming is accelerating, and low-carbon development has become a global consensus. China, as the world's largest developing country, has also responded to low-carbon development and proposed a "30.60" dual-carbon target aimed at reducing carbon emissions. READ MORE
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5. The regional test of relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions : --Evidence from Chinese provinces
University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella HandelshögskolanAbstract : This thesis has investigated the validity of the Environmental Kuznets Curve in the provinces of China which assumes the increase in GDP per capita (income per capita) would generate the raise of CO2 emissions (pollution) until a turning point in which CO2 emissions start decreasing. The study includes 30 provinces over a period spanning from 2000 to 2019 by applying OLS and Fixed-effects regression model with panel data. READ MORE
