Exploring the link between economic growth, energy consumption, and environmental pollution in G20

IF 3.5 4区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Natural Resources Forum Pub Date : 2024-03-08 DOI:10.1111/1477-8947.12440

Naib Alakbarov, Murat Gündüz, Mahmut Ünsal Şaşmaz

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Abstract

This study examined the interplay between economic growth and environmental pollution in G20 countries, employing panel data analysis techniques. The primary aim was to assess the validity of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis using contemporary econometric methods, while considering the pertinent literature. Preliminary findings of the study affirm the EKC hypothesis, which posits that environmental pollution initially escalates with economic growth but diminishes after surpassing a specific income threshold. Nevertheless, upon integrating per capita energy consumption into the analysis, the descending trajectory postulated in the inverted U-shaped hypothesis emerged as statistically non-significant. This undermines the EKC hypothesis's assertion that industrialized nations with elevated per capita incomes predominantly contribute to reduced environmental pollution. Consequently, in the context of developed nations, this research bolsters the prevailing consensus in scholarly discourse that economic growth augments resource consumption, thereby adversely impacting environmental quality.

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探索二十国集团经济增长、能源消耗和环境污染之间的联系

本研究采用面板数据分析技术，研究了 20 国集团国家经济增长与环境污染之间的相互作用。主要目的是在考虑相关文献的同时，利用现代计量经济学方法评估环境库兹涅茨曲线（EKC）假说的有效性。研究的初步结果肯定了环境库兹涅茨曲线假说，即环境污染最初会随着经济增长而加剧，但在超过特定收入阈值后会减轻。然而，将人均能源消耗纳入分析后，倒 U 型假说所假设的下降轨迹在统计上并不显著。这就削弱了 EKC 假说关于人均收入提高的工业化国家主要有助于减少环境污染的论断。因此，就发达国家而言，这项研究支持了学术界的普遍共识，即经济增长会增加资源消耗，从而对环境质量产生不利影响。

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