Environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis for sub-elements of the carbon emissions in China

Onur GÖZBAŞI

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the validity of the environmentalKuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis for the period between 1977 and 2013 by using the sub-elements of carbon (CO2) emissions in China. To this end, the fully modified ordinary leastsquares and pairwise Granger causality methodologies have been employed. As a result, itis found that financial development leads to an improvement in environmental performancein China for many kinds of pollution, including the following: liquid fuel pollution, solidfuel pollution, residential buildings and commercial and public services pollutio ...Daha fazlası