Economic growth and atmospheric pollution in Spain: discussing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis

The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis posits an inverted U relationship between environmental pressure and per capita income. Recent research has examined this hypothesis for different pollutants in different countries. Despite certain empirical evidence showing that some specific environ...

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Autores: Roca, Jordi, Padilla, Emilio, Galletto, Vittorio, Farré i Perdiguer, Mariona
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Fecha de publicación:2001
País:España
Recursos:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
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Acesso em linha:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8009(01)00195-1
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/64983
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Palavra-chave:Environmental Kuznets curve
Atmospheric pollution
Spain
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spelling Economic growth and atmospheric pollution in Spain: discussing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesisRoca, JordiPadilla, EmilioGalletto, VittorioFarré i Perdiguer, MarionaEnvironmental Kuznets curveAtmospheric pollutionSpainThe environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis posits an inverted U relationship between environmental pressure and per capita income. Recent research has examined this hypothesis for different pollutants in different countries. Despite certain empirical evidence showing that some specific environmental pressures have diminished in developed countries, the hypothesis could not be generalized to the global relationship between economy and environment at all. In this article, we contribute to this debate analyzing the trends of annual emission flux of six atmospheric pollutants in Spain. The study presents evidence that there is not any correlation between higher income level and smaller emissions, except for SO2 whose evolution might be compatible with the EKC hypothesis. The authors argue that the relationship between income level and diverse types of emissions depends on many factors. Thus it cannot be thought that economic growth, by itself, will solve environmental problems. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.We also appreciate financial support from DGCYT project PB98-0868.Elsevier2001info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8009(01)00195-1http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/64983reponame:Repositori Obert UdL instname:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)InglésVersió preprint del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8009(01)00195-1Ecological Economics, 2001, vol. 39, p. 85-99(c) Elsevier, 2001info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/649832026-06-24T12:42:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Economic growth and atmospheric pollution in Spain: discussing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis
title Economic growth and atmospheric pollution in Spain: discussing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis
spellingShingle Economic growth and atmospheric pollution in Spain: discussing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis
Roca, Jordi
Environmental Kuznets curve
Atmospheric pollution
Spain
title_short Economic growth and atmospheric pollution in Spain: discussing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis
title_full Economic growth and atmospheric pollution in Spain: discussing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis
title_fullStr Economic growth and atmospheric pollution in Spain: discussing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis
title_full_unstemmed Economic growth and atmospheric pollution in Spain: discussing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis
title_sort Economic growth and atmospheric pollution in Spain: discussing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Roca, Jordi
Padilla, Emilio
Galletto, Vittorio
Farré i Perdiguer, Mariona
author Roca, Jordi
author_facet Roca, Jordi
Padilla, Emilio
Galletto, Vittorio
Farré i Perdiguer, Mariona
author_role author
author2 Padilla, Emilio
Galletto, Vittorio
Farré i Perdiguer, Mariona
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Environmental Kuznets curve
Atmospheric pollution
Spain
topic Environmental Kuznets curve
Atmospheric pollution
Spain
description The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis posits an inverted U relationship between environmental pressure and per capita income. Recent research has examined this hypothesis for different pollutants in different countries. Despite certain empirical evidence showing that some specific environmental pressures have diminished in developed countries, the hypothesis could not be generalized to the global relationship between economy and environment at all. In this article, we contribute to this debate analyzing the trends of annual emission flux of six atmospheric pollutants in Spain. The study presents evidence that there is not any correlation between higher income level and smaller emissions, except for SO2 whose evolution might be compatible with the EKC hypothesis. The authors argue that the relationship between income level and diverse types of emissions depends on many factors. Thus it cannot be thought that economic growth, by itself, will solve environmental problems. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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