Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/155038 
Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 85.1999
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
In the last few years, several studies have found an inverted-U relationship between per capita income and environmental degradation. This relationship, known as the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC), suggests that environmental degradation increases in the early stages of growth, but it eventually decreases as income exceeds a threshold level. The present paper reviews both early and recent contributions on this subject, discussing whether and to what extent such a curve can be empirically observed, and the policy implications that derive from the empirical evidence
Subjects: 
Environmental Kuznets Curve
Growth
Pollution
JEL: 
C23
O5
Q2
Q25
Q32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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