Economic Growth and the Environment
ISBN:
978-0-7923-6153-4
Auflage:
2000
Verlag:
Springer Netherland
Land des Verlags:
Deutschland
Erscheinungsdatum:
31.01.2000
Reihe:
Economy & Environment
Format:
Hardcover
Seitenanzahl:
247
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Is economic growth good for the environment? A number of economists have claimed that economic growth can benefit the environment, recruiting political support and finance for environmental policy measures. This view has received increasing support since the early 1990s from empirical evidence that has challenged the traditional environmentalist's belief that economic growth degrades the environment. This book reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on growth and the environment, giving an in-depth empirical treatment of the relationship between the two. Various hypotheses are formulated and tested for a number of indicators of environmental pressure. The test results indicate that alternative models and estimation methods should be used, altering previous conclusions about the effect of economic growth on the environment and offering an insight into the forces driving emission reduction in developed countries.
