ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE: CONCLUSIVE ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE FOR CO2

被引:69
作者
Chow, Gregory C. [1 ]
Li, Jie [2 ]
机构
[1] Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[2] World Bank, Washington, DC USA
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HYPOTHESIS;
D O I
10.1111/1468-0106.12048
中图分类号
F [经济];
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02 ;
摘要
This paper begins with a statistical formulation of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) and discusses the major econometric problems raised in the literature in testing this hypothesis using panel data. A simple t-test is then presented that avoids these econometric problems. The result from applying the t-test confirms conclusively the EKC for CO2 as formulated.
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