Does S. Kuznets’ Belief Question the Environmental Kuznets Curves?
Data
01.01.2000
01.01.2000
Autori
Alain Bousquet, Pascal Favard
Codice JEL
D3,H4,Q2
D3,H4,Q2
Parole chiave:
Environmental Kuznets Curve,growth,pollution,income inequality
Environmental Kuznets Curve,growth,pollution,income inequality
Publisher
Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Editor
Carlo Carraro
Carlo Carraro
This paper examines the link between pollution and income. It shows how income inequality affects environmental policies and therefore pollution. The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis proposes that there is an inverted U-shape relation between environmental degradation and income per capita. This paper invalidates this common result. Indeed we find for a set of parameters a two-hump curve.