Essays about: "Environmental Kuznets Curve"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 70 essays containing the words Environmental Kuznets Curve.

  1. 31. The Effect of Entrepreneurship,  Technology, and Innovation on the Environmental Kuznets Curve : An investigation of the N-shaped EKC and its relation to business activities in developed and developing countries

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Esther Kövendi; Olivia Nagy; [2021]
    Keywords : Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis; Renewable energy; Technology; Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Sustainable development;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the impact of entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation on the Environmental Kuznets Curve, using data from 2006-2016. Most studies either focus on the relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions or the relationship between business activities and economic growth. READ MORE

  3. 32. Forest Cover and Economic Development : A cross-country study on the relationship between forest cover and economic development in South America

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Terry Dalberg; Felix Svensson; [2021]
    Keywords : Forest cover; Economic Development; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Deforestation;

    Abstract : Ongoing deforestation is an urgent, global issue with both direct and indirect impacts on a nation’s future development. This as change in forest cover and economic development provides an intuitive link between each other. READ MORE

  4. 33. Environmental Kuznets Curve in Sweden - A regression analysis of the relationship between CO2 emissions and economic growth in Sweden during the years of 1960-2018

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Daniel Forsström; Oscar Johansson; [2020-07-06]
    Keywords : Environmental Kuznets Curve; EKC; CO2 emissions in Sweden;

    Abstract : The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) is a theory suggesting the existence of an inverted U-shaped relationship between emissions and economic growth. In today’s world of environmental awareness, it is an interesting topic since it suggests that when economic growth reaches a certain point, pollution actually starts decreasing as economic welfare increases. READ MORE

  5. 34. Economic Development and CO2 emissons : A comparison of High- and Middle-income economies

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Robin Abrahamsson; Rasmus Augustsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Revised kuznets curve; Environmental Kuznets curve; CO2 emissions; Middle-income; High-income; Economic Development;

    Abstract : 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

  6. 35. An Inverted U: Testing for a Swedish Municipal Environmental Kuznets Curve with an Inequality Perspective

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Johan Faxner; Carl Edvin Steinvall; [2020]
    Keywords : Environmental Degradation; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Income Inequality; Swedish Municipalities;

    Abstract : The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis suggests a relationship between environmental degradation and economic development where degradation initially increases with economic development until a certain point where additional development is associated with decreasing degradation. In the literature, the effect of economic inequality on this relationship has been studied from both theoretical and empirical viewpoints. READ MORE