Published January 2, 2012 | Version v1
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Formation and deformation of the environmental Kuznets curve for CO2 emissions

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Following Roberts and Grimes (1997), we study the temporal instability of the environmental Kuznets curve for a panel of 51 countries over the period 1970-2008. Our results show that: (1) an inverted U-shape curve appears in the early 1980s; (2) the environmental efficiency increases over time as the coefficient of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per unit of primary energy consumption decreases; (3) there is a rising trend of the turning point income that goes from 10,000 USD in the early 1980s to almost 20,000 USD in 2008.

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https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00721671
URN
urn:oai:HAL:halshs-00721671v1

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UNICA