Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/169019 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Citation: 
[Journal:] Amfiteatru Economic Journal [ISSN:] 2247-9104 [Volume:] 18 [Issue:] 43 [Publisher:] The Bucharest University of Economic Studies [Place:] Bucharest [Year:] 2016 [Pages:] 537-547
Publisher: 
The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest
Abstract: 
The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) introduces an inverted U-shaped relationship between environmental pollution and economic development. The inverted U-shaped curve is seen as complete pattern for developed economies. However, our study tests the EKC for developing transition economies of European Union, therefore, our results could make a significant contribution to the literature. In this paper, the relationship between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, gross domestic product (GDP), energy use and urban population is investigated in the Transition Economies (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia). Environmental Kuznets Curve is tested by panel smooth transition regression for these economies for 1993 – 2010 periods. As a result of study, the hypothesis of linearity was rejected and no-remaining nonlinearity test showed that there is a smooth transition exists between two regimes (below $5176 GDP per capita is first one and above $5176 GDP per capita is second one) in the related period for these economies.
Subjects: 
panel data models
panel smooth transition regression model
transition economies
environmental Kuznets curve
JEL: 
C23
C24
P20
P28
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Document Type: 
Article

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