Essays about: "Kuznets hypothesis"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 36 essays containing the words Kuznets hypothesis.
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21. The environmental Kuznets curve : Investigating the relationship between renewable energy and economic growth
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Naturresurser och hållbar utvecklingAbstract : The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis describes the relationship between economic growth and environmental degradation through an inverted U-shape where environmental degradation first increases with economic growth, to later stagnate and decline as economic growth reaches specific threshold limits. The aim of this study is to investigate the EKC hypothesis when environmental degradation is measured through a country’s renewable energy implementation. READ MORE
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22. The effect of trade openness on CO2 emissions
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : During the last decades, both trade and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have increased greatly. The plausible correlation between them is, therefore, an important question. The purpose of this thesis was to analyse the effect of trade openness on CO2 emissions. Using a panel data regression, 161 countries were compared over a ten year period. READ MORE
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23. The Effects of Economic Growth, Energy Consumption, Trade, Urbanization, and Financial development on CO2 Emissions in Canada
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : A noteworthy cause of climate change is the amount of CO2 emissions released into the atmosphere. This study´s objective, therefore, is to examine the relationship between CO2 emissions, economic growth, energy consumption, urbanization, trade and financial development in the case of Canada, one of the largest CO2 emitters both in per capita and in absolute terms, over the period 1960-2014. READ MORE
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24. Environmental Policy Stringency and Economic Output
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This analysis examines the correlation between the stringency of environmental policies and the economic output in terms of real GDP. The data is covering real GDP, the stringency of market based as well as non-market based environmental policies, interest rates, total factor productivity and human capital. READ MORE
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25. Decomposing the decoupling of road-based traffic emissions and economic growth: Regional disparities between the national and city-level in Germany during 1999-2013
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : The process of decoupling is often considered to fulfil the prediction by the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis that negative environmental externalities diminish with increasing income. Recent research has found many instances of delinking between economic growth and environmental harm on the national level across the globe. READ MORE
