Environment and Development in a Southern European Country: Which Environmental Kuznets Curves?

Environmental policy questions have been recently tied to the fast evolving literature on Environmental Kuznets Curves (EKCs). The EKC thesis advocates the existence of a U-inverse relationship between economic growth and environmental quality. This paper adopts a recent view that EKCs should be stu...

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Published in:Journal of environmental planning and management 2000-01, Vol.43 (1), p.139-153
Main Author: Lekakis, Joseph N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural pollution
Agriculture
Air pollution
Chlorofluorocarbons
Economic growth
Environmental economics
Environmental impact
Environmental policy
Environmental quality
EU enlargement
European Union
Externality
Fisheries
GDP
Greece
Gross Domestic Product
Hypotheses
Industrialized nations
Per capita
Pollutants
Pollution control
Research & development expenditures
Southern Europe
Sulfur
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Summary:Environmental policy questions have been recently tied to the fast evolving literature on Environmental Kuznets Curves (EKCs). The EKC thesis advocates the existence of a U-inverse relationship between economic growth and environmental quality. This paper adopts a recent view that EKCs should be studied using individual country experiences and looks at the evolution of air pollution, agricultural pollution, fisheries depletion and forest destruction in Greece during the last two to three decades. The evidence indicates that either EKCs do not exist, or Greece is on the rising segment of a hypothetical EKC. Greece's entrance to the EU, however, has helped it identify environmental externalities and resource depletion problems.
ISSN:0964-0568
1360-0559
DOI:10.1080/09640560010801