Searching for a Kuznets curve in environmental efficiency using kernel estimation

The paper constructs environmental efficiency indexes for a sample consisting of high- and low-income countries using nonparametric production frontier techniques and then establishes an environmental Kuznets relationship for environmental efficiency by Nadaraya–Watson kernel estimation methodology....

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Published in:Economics letters 2000-08, Vol.68 (2), p.217-223
Main Authors: Taskin, Fatma, Zaim, Osman
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Economic methodology
Environmental economics
Environmental Kuznets curve
Estimation
Kernel estimation
Nonparametric methods
Production functions
Production theory
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Summary:The paper constructs environmental efficiency indexes for a sample consisting of high- and low-income countries using nonparametric production frontier techniques and then establishes an environmental Kuznets relationship for environmental efficiency by Nadaraya–Watson kernel estimation methodology.
ISSN:0165-1765
1873-7374
DOI:10.1016/S0165-1765(00)00250-0