%0 Journal Article 
%A Atwi Saab, Majed
%A Barberán Ortí, Ramón
%A Mur lacambra, Jesús Domingo
%A Angulo Garijo, Ana María
%T CO2 Kuznets curve revisited: from cross-sections to panel data models

%D 2018
%@ 2340-2717
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/33482
%X The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) predicts that environmental degradation intensifies when per capita income increases and subsequently subsides after a certain income level is reached, resulting in an inverted U-shaped relationship. There is abundant literature on the topic that corroborates the existence
of a positive income elasticity for environmental quality. However, results are controversial. We take the case of CO2, by comparing the results of the cross-sectional estimates with those derived from a panel approach. To this end, we use data from 182 countries during the period 1992-2011. We found that the EKC hypothesis is acceptable under both approaches, although the estimated turning points in cross-sections seem unreliable. Our application underlines the importance of adequately address central problems such as heterogeneity, structural breaks and spatial interaction.

%K Kuznets environmental curve
%K CO2 emissions
%K Spatial effects
%K Structural breaks
%K Heterogeneity
%K Curva medioambiental de Kuznets
%K Emisiones de CO2
%K Efectos espaciales
%K Cambios estructurales
%K Heterogeneidad
%K Q25
%K L83
%K Economía
%K Economics
%K Geografía
%K Geography
%K Sociología
%K Sociology
%~ Biblioteca Universidad de Alcala