Relationship between CO2 emissions and the degree of urbanization globally and among groups of countries: an approach using advanced economic techniques of panel data

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Published: jul. 15, 2020
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CO2 emissions, Urbanization, Economic Growth, Kuznets

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Patricia Vaca
Universidad Nacional de Loja
Iván Cartuche
Universidad Nacional de Loja

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Over the years population growth has been significantly high which generates changes in the environment. This research analyzes the relationship between CO2 emissions and urbanization for 141 countries worldwide in the period 1990-2015. To analyze the level of environmental quality, the analysis has been based on the Kuznets environmental curve, which states that in the first stay when the population is low, the level of pollution is also kept low, when the population increases the degree of pollution is higher But when the population increases at a certain point, pollution tends to decrease due to several factors such as education and technological development. The results obtained indicated that the theory is not met in high-income, high-middle, and low-middle countries, while for low-income countries the approach was fulfilled since when urbanization increased, CO2 emissions decreased, due to to that, the constant of the model presented a strong significance and an inverse relation with respect to the emissions, in spite of it, it is necessary to consider that the low-income countries have had lower population growth rates, therefore, policy implications are established structured in three axes formulated in the Kuznets theory that are those of generating a higher level of education; a regulation of the industries and the implementation of a productive matrix based on the use of sustainable and environmentally friendly technologies.

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Vaca, P., & Cartuche, I. (2020). Relationship between CO2 emissions and the degree of urbanization globally and among groups of countries: an approach using advanced economic techniques of panel data. Revista Económica, 5(1), 82–89. Retrieved from https://revistas.unl.edu.ec/index.php/economica/article/view/775
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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2018): Revista Económica vol 5 (Julio-Diciembre 2018)
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