To examine environmental pollution by economic growth and their impact in an environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) among developed and developing countries

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 3; p. e0209532
• Main Authors: Kong, YuSheng, Khan, Rabnawaz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 26.03.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Carbon dioxide; Carbon Dioxide - analysis; China; Coal; Computation; Construction industry; Developed Countries - economics; Developing countries; Developing Countries - economics; Earth Sciences; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Economic Development; Economic growth; Emissions; Energy consumption; Engineering and Technology; Environmental impact; Environmental Kuznets curve; Environmental pollution; Environmental Pollution - economics; Error correction; Error correction & detection; European Union; Exports; Gases; Hypotheses; Hypothesis testing; Impact analysis; Imports; Internationality; LDCs; Manufacturing; Manufacturing industries; Method of moments; Physical Sciences; Pollution; Population; Production management; Regression analysis; Renewable resources; Research and Analysis Methods; Social Sciences; United States; United States; China; United States > US; Japan; Germany; Russia; India

This study analyzes the core energy consumption among countries' specific variables by Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis (EKC), for a panel data of 29 (14 developed and 15 developing) countries during the period of 1977-2014. By assessing Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) regressions wit...