Impact of Economic Structure on the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis in India.

Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Journal of Economic Structures Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-12-18 DOI:10.1186/s40008-021-00259-z
Muhammed Ashiq Villanthenkodath, Mohini Gupta, Seema Saini, Malayaranjan Sahoo
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This study aims to evaluate the impact of economic structure on the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) in India. The present study deviates from the bulk of study in the literature with the incorporation of both aggregated and disaggregated measures of economic development on the environmental degradation function. For the empirical analysis, the study employed the Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach of cointegration to analyse the long-run and short-run relationship during 1971-2014. Further, the direction of the causality is investigated through the Wald test approach. The results revealed that the conventional EKC hypothesis does not hold in India in both aggregated and disaggregated models since economic growth and its component have a U-shaped impact on the environmental quality in India. However, the effect of population on environmental quality is positive but not significant in the aggregated model. Whereas, in the disaggregated model, it is significantly affecting environmental quality. Hence, it is possible to infer that the population of the country increases, the demand for energy consumption increase tremendously, particularly consumption of fossil fuel like coal, oil, and natural gas, and is also evident from the energy structure coefficient from both models. This increase is due to the scarcity of renewable energy for meeting the needs of people. On the contrary, urbanization reduces environmental degradation, which may be due to improved living conditions in terms of efficient infrastructure and energy efficiency in the urban area leading to a negative relation between urbanization and environmental degradation.

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印度经济结构对环境库兹涅茨曲线假设的影响。
本研究旨在评估印度经济结构对环境库兹涅茨曲线(EKC)的影响。本研究偏离了文献中的大部分研究,结合了经济发展对环境退化功能的汇总和分类措施。在实证分析方面,本研究采用协整的自回归分布滞后(ARDL)界检验方法分析1971-2014年的长期和短期关系。进一步,通过沃尔德检验方法研究了因果关系的方向。结果表明,传统的EKC假设在印度的总体和分解模型中都不成立,因为经济增长及其组成部分对印度的环境质量具有u型影响。人口对环境质量的影响是正的,但在聚集模型中不显著。然而,在分解模型中,它对环境质量的影响显著。因此,可以推断出该国人口的增加,对能源消费的需求急剧增加,特别是对煤、石油和天然气等化石燃料的消费,这一点从两种模型的能源结构系数中也可以看出。这一增长是由于可再生能源的稀缺,以满足人们的需求。相反,城市化减少了环境退化,这可能是由于城市地区高效的基础设施和能源效率改善了生活条件,导致城市化与环境退化之间呈负相关关系。
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Journal of Economic Structures
Journal of Economic Structures Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
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7.70
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22
审稿时长
13 weeks
期刊介绍: The Journal of Economic Structures is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes theoretical and empirical articles that apply to a wide range of formal analytical instruments and statistical techniques to explore the structural interdependencies among various activities immanent in the economy. We collect manuscripts dealing with broad issues, covering subjects such as technological innovations and lifestyle changes, trade and commerce, networks, ecology and development, among others, where structural understanding is essential. The journal supports communication among various related disciplines and encourages contributions from regional practitioners. The journal also welcomes proposals for special issues reflecting the trends in structural economics and other related disciplines.
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