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Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis and Carbon Dioxide Emissions

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Authors:
  1. Katsuhisa Uchiyama

    1. Development Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

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  • Focuses on carbon dioxide emission, which has not been sufficiently analyzed with regard to the emission–income relationship
  • Adopts some additional variables to investigate the effects on the relationship between emission and income
  • Builds a panel dataset using the latest data and analyzes it in a strict econometric manner
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Economics (BRIEFSECONOMICS)

Part of the book sub series: Development Bank of Japan Research Series (BRIEFSDBJRS)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Katsuhisa Uchiyama
    Pages 1-9

  3. Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis

    • Katsuhisa Uchiyama
    Pages 11-29

  4. Empirical Analysis of the Environmental Kuznets Curve

    • Katsuhisa Uchiyama
    Pages 31-45

  5. Concluding Remarks

    • Katsuhisa Uchiyama
    Pages 47-50

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 51-63
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About this book

This book investigates the relationship between environmental degradation and income, focusing on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from around the world, to explore the possibility of sustainable development under global warming. Although many researchers have tackled this problem by estimating the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC), unlike the approach to sulfur dioxide emissions, there seems to be little consensus about whether EKC is formed with regard to CO2 emissions. Thus, EKC is one of the most controversial issues in the field of environmental economics. This book contributes three points with academic rigor. First, an unbalanced panel dataset containing over 150 countries with the latest CO2 emission data between 1960 and 2010 is constructed. Second, based on this dataset, the CO2 emission–income relationship is analyzed using strict econometric methods such as the dynamic panel model. Third, as it is often pointed out that some factorsother than income affect CO2 emission, several variables were added to the estimation model to examine the effects of changes of industrial structure, energy composition, and overseas trade on CO2 emission.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Development Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

    Katsuhisa Uchiyama

About the author

Katsuhisa Uchiyama
Senior Economist
Research Institute of Capital Formation
Development Bank of Japan 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis and Carbon Dioxide Emissions

  • Authors: Katsuhisa Uchiyama

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55921-4

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Development Bank of Japan 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-55919-1Published: 23 May 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-55921-4Published: 13 May 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2191-5504

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-5512

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 63

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Environmental Economics, Development Economics

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