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Testing for environmental Kuznets curves within a developing country

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Vincent, JR
Published in: Environment and Development Economics
January 1, 1997

Previous studies of the association between pollution and income have tended to analyse cross-sectional or panel data for a sample of developing and developed countries. This paper presents an analysis for a single country, Malaysia. This south-east Asian country has more, and probably better, data on environmental quality than perhaps any other developing country. I find that pollution-income relationships from the cross-country studies fail to predict accurately trends in air and water pollution in Malaysia. In particular, none of six pollution-income relationships estimated using a panel data set for Malaysian states has the hypothesized 'environmental Kuznets curve' form. Although these results are inconsistent with the predictions of the cross-country relationships, they make sense in the Malaysian context. Perhaps most important, their interpretation confirms the importance of policy decisions in determining environmental outcomes.

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Environment and Development Economics

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1355-770X

Publication Date

January 1, 1997

Volume

2

Issue

4

Start / End Page

417 / 431

Related Subject Headings

  • Agricultural Economics & Policy
  • 4404 Development studies
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 1502 Banking, Finance and Investment
  • 1402 Applied Economics
  • 0502 Environmental Science and Management
 

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Vincent, J. R. (1997). Testing for environmental Kuznets curves within a developing country. Environment and Development Economics, 2(4), 417–431. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X97000223
Vincent, J. R. “Testing for environmental Kuznets curves within a developing country.” Environment and Development Economics 2, no. 4 (January 1, 1997): 417–31. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X97000223.
Vincent JR. Testing for environmental Kuznets curves within a developing country. Environment and Development Economics. 1997 Jan 1;2(4):417–31.
Vincent, J. R. “Testing for environmental Kuznets curves within a developing country.” Environment and Development Economics, vol. 2, no. 4, Jan. 1997, pp. 417–31. Scopus, doi:10.1017/S1355770X97000223.
Vincent JR. Testing for environmental Kuznets curves within a developing country. Environment and Development Economics. 1997 Jan 1;2(4):417–431.
Journal cover image

Published In

Environment and Development Economics

DOI

ISSN

1355-770X

Publication Date

January 1, 1997

Volume

2

Issue

4

Start / End Page

417 / 431

Related Subject Headings

  • Agricultural Economics & Policy
  • 4404 Development studies
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 1502 Banking, Finance and Investment
  • 1402 Applied Economics
  • 0502 Environmental Science and Management