Essays about: "U-shaped hypothesis"
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1. Beyond the Turning Point: The Environmental Kuznets Curve for CO2 Emissions in Romania
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This thesis studies the long-run relationship between environmental degradation measured by carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita and economic growth measured by gross domestic product per capita in Romania, between 1968 and 2018. The study is conducted using the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) framework and the autoregressive distributed lag bounds test for cointegration. READ MORE
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2. Georgian Environmental Kuznets Curve: An Appropriate Estimation.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Empirical EKC literature has conceptual flaws that arise due to the inclusion of polynomials and cointegrating relationships of powers of integrated processes. Additionally, previous studies focused on a narrow nexus between environmental degradation and economic growth that yield only a partial EKC. READ MORE
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3. ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN NIGERIA : DOES INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY STAND SENSIBLY?
University essay from Umeå universitet/NationalekonomiAbstract : Based on theory and copious empirical evidence, environmental economists have recognized the dependence of environmental conditions on economic growth. This dependence is well enumerated in the EKC Hypothesis, which asserts that there exists an inverted U-shaped relationship between measured per capita income and measured level environmental quality such that, economic growth initially portends danger to the environment owing to initial economic pressures, which eventually improves beyond certain threshold of growth. READ MORE
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4. The relationship between board tenure and firm performance and the moderating effect of CSR - A study on Swedish listed firms
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : We investigate whether average board tenure influences firm performance in Swedish listed firms during the period 2007-2019. We hypothesize that the trade-off between knowledge accumulation and loss of independence over the tenure motivates an inverted U-shaped association. READ MORE
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5. Steel Consumption and Economic Development in China and India : An Econometric Analysis
University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälleAbstract : The purpose of this thesis was to analyze the relationship between economic development and steel consumption in China and India using the intensity of steel use hypothesis. In doing this, we test whether there is an inverted u-shaped relationship between the intensity of steel use, i.e., steel consumption/GDP, and GDP per capita. READ MORE
