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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
A Microeconomics Explanation of
the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC)
and an Empirical Investigation
Shuo Wang1, Fenglin Yang2, Xian’En Wang1, Junnian Song1
1College of Environment and Resources, Jilin University,
Changchun 130012, China
2Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (China Ministry of Education),
School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology,
Linggong Road 2, Dalian, 116024, P.R. China
Changchun 130012, China
2Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (China Ministry of Education),
School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology,
Linggong Road 2, Dalian, 116024, P.R. China
Submission date: 2016-11-25
Final revision date: 2017-01-18
Acceptance date: 2017-01-18
Online publication date: 2017-07-05
Publication date: 2017-07-25
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2017;26(4):1757-1764
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ABSTRACT
This paper attempts to give a microeconomic explanation of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis according to marginal cost and marginal revenue. The interpretation about the shape and inflection point of EKC is based on the comparison between marginal cost and marginal revenue. The emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane are used as the environmental indicators and GDP per person is used as the economic indicator. Through the analysis of U.S. data from 1960 to 2010, we investigated the EKC hypothesis using the co-integration and correlation methods. The curve of CO2 versus GDP per person in the U.S. is a wave shape in a different time scale. The relationship between N2O and GDP per person showed the same trend with CO2. The EKC curve between the methane and the GDP per person from 1990 to 2009 is a U-shape. Thus, we analyzed the relationship according to the microeconomic explanation of the EKC.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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