Is economic growth good or bad for the environment? Empirical evidence from Korea

被引：141

作者：

Baek, Jungho ^{[1
]}

Kim, Hyun Seok ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Sch Management, Dept Econ, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA

[2] Kyungpook Natl Univ, Dept Agr Econ, Taegu, South Korea

来源：

ENERGY ECONOMICS | 2013年 / 36卷

关键词：

ARDL; Environmental Kuznets curve; Nuclear energy; KUZNETS CURVE; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION; CO2; EMISSIONS; INCOME; CONSEQUENCES;

D O I：

10.1016/j.eneco.2012.11.020

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

The effects of economic growth on the environment in Korea, for a given level of energy consumption, and fossil fuels and nuclear energy in electricity production, are examined in a dynamic cointegration framework. To that end, the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach is used. We find empirical evidence supporting the existence of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis for Korea; that is, economic growth indeed plays a favorable role in influencing environmental outcomes. It is also found that, in both the short- and long-run, nuclear energy has a beneficial effect on environmental quality, whereas fossil fuels in electricity production and energy consumption have a detrimental effect on the environment. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：744 / 749

页数：6

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