Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/95279 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Quaderni di Dipartimento No. 156
Publisher: 
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Dipartimento di Economia Politica e Metodi Quantitativi (EPMQ), Pavia
Abstract: 
The paper explores the relationship between per capita income and three air pollutants, CO, NMVOCs and SOx, using a novel dataset based on the Italian regions. Given the central role of technological progress in long-term environmental problems, we empirically investigate the influence of innovation on the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC). The estimation results validate the EKC hypothesis for the three air pollutants considered. Furthermore, the influence of innovation on the inverted-U-shaped curve identified by the theoretical literature is empirically confirmed too.
Subjects: 
Air pollutants
Environmental Kuznets Curve
Italian regions
Technological Progress
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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