Essays about: "Kuznets hypothesis"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 36 essays containing the words Kuznets hypothesis.

  1. 16. 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

  3. 17. 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

  4. 18. Governance and income inequality : A panel data analysis on the relationship between the quality of government and the Gini index

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kevin Ahrlind; [2021]
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    Abstract : This study investigates the relationship between quality of government and incomeinequality. The purpose of this study is to understand how differences in quality ofgovernment across states affect their income inequalities. READ MORE

  5. 19. 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

  6. 20. The decoupling process of CO2 emissions and economic growth : A comparative study between the European Union and middle income countries in South and East Asia

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Elin Alverhed; Frida Kåvik; [2020]
    Keywords : Development; CO2 Emissions; South and East Asia; The European Union; Decoupling;

    Abstract : This paper compares and analyzes the decoupling processes of carbon emissions to economic growth in the European Union and South and East Asian middle income countries. This is done through econometric methods, testing for a relationship between CO2 and GDP. READ MORE