The Environmental Kuznets Curve and Japan
Theodore Panayotou found an interesting relationship between {open_quotes}the economic development and environmental (degradation): environmental degradation rises at first and then falls in the course of economic development.{close_quotes}. This relationship resembles the Simon Kuznets hypothesis that {open_quotes}in a course of economic development income disparities rise at first and then begin to fall. This inverted U-shape relationship between income in- equality and income per capita, . . . , came to be known as the Kuznets curve.{close_quotes} Panayotou therefore named his finding above as the Environmental Kuznets Curve ({open_quotes}EKC{close_quotes}). In fact, Panayotou and others tested the EKC against various developing and developed countries and confirmed such an inverse relationship between income growth and environmental degradation existed. Also Panayotou suggested that the critical level of income per capita at which the environmental degradation started to slow down was US$800- 5,500. In this short paper, without using sophisticated statistical techniques, I am going to test the EKC hypothesis against Japan and see if the EKC hypothesis applies to Japan and also if the US$ 800-5,500 per capita figure holds true with Japan.
- Research Organization:
- International Association for Energy Economics, Cleveland, OH (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 416353
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9507139-; TRN: 96:006517-0048
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 18. International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) international conference, Washington, DC (United States), 5-8 Jul 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Into the Twenty-First Century: Harmonizing energy policy, environment, and sustainable economic growth. Proceedings; PB: 528 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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