Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/119636
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 25.2002
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
In recent years, extensive literature on the Environmental Kuznets Curve leading to optimistic policy conclusions has attracted great attention. However, the underlying cross-section estimations are not very reliable. Accordingly, this contribution uses time series data for a single country with good data quality: Germany. With a specification that includes all theoretical variations and different appropriate estimation procedures, it is found that only for few pollutants can the typical EKC pattern be confirmed. For the major part, however, it is concluded that the doubts about the suitability of the EKC approach are well-founded.
Subjects: 
Environmental Kuznets Curve
time series data
error correction model
JEL: 
Q00
Q20
Q25
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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