Journal
ENERGY POLICY
Volume 39, Issue 12, Pages 7941-7949Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.09.049
Keywords
Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC); Energy consumption; Developing countries
Funding
- Departamento de Economia of the Universidad Nacional del Sur
- CONICET
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This paper analyzes the relationship between economic growth and energy consumption for a sample of 21 Latin American and Caribbean countries during the 1970-2007 period. The investigation is made on the bases of the Energy Environmental Kuznets Curve (EEKC) hypothesis, using a panel data analysis. Energy consumption at aggregate level is used as an indicator of human environmental pressure and GDP per capita as an indicator of economic activity. Based in a cointegration approach, our results does not support the existence of a stable long run relationship between the series, rejecting the validity of such hypothesis for the selected sample over the 1970-2007 period. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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