The Environmental Kuznets Curve from Multiple Perspectives

Jaeger, William K.; Kolpin, Van

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1130207

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The Environmental Kuznets Curve from Multiple Perspectives

FEEM Working Paper No. 38.2008

41 Pages Posted: 13 May 2008

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William K. Jaeger

Oregon State University - Department of Applied Economics

Van Kolpin

University of Oregon - Department of Economics

Date Written: APRIL 2008

Abstract

The analysis finds that in addition to U-shaped paths of environmental quality arising for growth in income per capita, growth in population can also produce socially efficient patterns that are U-shaped. Sufficient conditions for both types of paths are identified for a range of models and parameters, including symmetrical models with homothetic, constant-returns functions such as with CES functions. Similar results are also shown to arise in decentralized economies under either homogeneous or heterogeneous income levels.

Keywords: Environmental Kuznets Curve, Economic Growth, Environmental Quality

JEL Classification: Q2, D61, O13

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Jaeger, William K. and Kolpin, Van, The Environmental Kuznets Curve from Multiple Perspectives (APRIL 2008). FEEM Working Paper No. 38.2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1130207 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1130207