The Evidences of Environmental Kuznets Curve from Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Using Panel Data Model

• Main Authors: Ni, Pei-Ching, 倪珮菁
• Other Authors: Chen, Chi-Chung
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/28870121642753798582

碩士 === 國立中興大學 === 應用經濟學研究所 === 93 === The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis suggests that an inverted U relationship exists between environmental degradation and income per capita. In the past decade, numerous studies have been focused on testing the EKC hypothesis but they were not paid attention to the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGES). Since GHGS are special pollutants that create global, not local. This paper analyzes the relationship between GDP per capita and GHGES from the global point of view. Our major estimated results show that the EKC for each gas are consistent with an inverted-U shaped in 28 Annex I country’s samples. However, such hypothesis for the global environmental Kuznets curve is not proved. Furthermore, the change of strength and occurrence probabilities of the El Ni o and La Ni a from increasing carbon dioxide emission is also tested and estimated. The strength of the El Ni o (or La Ni a) and the probabilities of occurrence of the El Ni o and La Ni a will be increased if the carbon dioxide emission increases.