The environmental Kuznets curve

David I. Stern*

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Abstract

The environmental Kuznets curve is a hypothesized inverted-U shaped relationship between environmental impacts and GDP per capita. Impacts would increase with economic growth in poor countries and decline in rich countries. In fact, economic growth results in increases in most impacts for all relevant values of GDP per capita, but for many impacts the level of impact for a given level of GDP per capita declines over time.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationElgar Encyclopedia of Ecological Economics
EditorsEmilio Padilla Rosa, Jesús Ramos-Martín
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Chapter39
Pages237-240
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781802200416
ISBN (Print)9781802200409
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Sept 2023

Publication series

NameElgar Encyclopedias in Economics and Finance series

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