Essays about: "Environmental Kuznets Curve"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 70 essays containing the words Environmental Kuznets Curve.

  1. 26. Energy Consumption as a Leading Factor of CO2 Emissions. Is the EKC still valid for the United States?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Muhammad Zohaib; Ester Trutwin; [2021]
    Keywords : EKC; CO2 emissions; GDP; aggregated and disaggregated energy consumption; Cointegration; VECM; Granger causality; US; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 27. THE IMPACT OF NON-FOSSIL ENERGY CONSUMPTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY : Investigating ecological footprints

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Stefan Svedberg; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate the impact of non-fossil energy consumption on environmental quality. The sample includes 36 OECD countries for the period 1993-2016. READ MORE

  4. 28. Water Pollution and Economic Growth

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Albin Magnusson; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Water pollution is a cornerstone of environmental issues, where it not only harms human health but also has major economic consequences. This study examines whether there is proof of the inverted U – shape Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) between water pollution and GDP per capita for 16 European countries between the years 1992 and 2018. READ MORE

  5. 29. Financial Determinants of Carbon dioxide emissions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Reinis Buneris; [2021]
    Keywords : carbon dioxide emissions; Environmental Kuznets Curve; panel data regression model; economic and financial development; environmental policy; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In recent years, the raising concern about carbon dioxide emissions has been linked to not only environmental or industrial, but also financial aspects. Common financial determinants of carbon dioxide emissions analysed by previous studies include economic and financial development, financial structure, and trade openness of a country. READ MORE

  6. 30. The Key Drivers of the Final Energy Consumption in the Italian and Swedish Residential Sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Giovanni Poppi; [2021]
    Keywords : Residential; Tapio decoupling; LMDI decomposition; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the energy consumption of the Italian and Swedish residential sector during the last two decades. It has two main purposes: (1) to test the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis that stipulate a decoupling relation between environmental harm and economic growth and (2) to investigate on four factors that could explain such decoupling relation. READ MORE