| Titre | The dynamics of delinking in industrial emissions: The role of productivity, trade and R&D | |
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| Auteur | Giovanni Marin, Massimiliano Mazzanti | |
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Revue | Journal of Innovation Economics |
| Numéro | no 3, 2009 Sustainable development and innovation | |
| Page | 91 | |
| Résumé anglais |
This paper provides new empirical evidence on delinking / Environmental Kuznets Curves (EKC) for greenhouse gases and other air pollutant emissions in Italy. We analysed a panel dataset based on the Italian NAMEA for 1990-2005 with a specific focus on industry. We integrated the emission-income NAMEA with data on trade openness and R&D expenditures. The highly disaggregated dataset provides a large heterogeneity and can help to overcome the shortcomings of the usual approach to EKC based on cross-country data. We use in this paper CO2, SOx, NOx and PM10 as objects of investigation. We use as empirical models of reference both a standard EKC model and a STIRPAT/IPAT model. Our results show that looking at sector evidence, both decupling and then eventually re-coupling trends could emerge along the path of economic development. The analysis of how stagnation periods affect environmental performances is also of interest.JEL Codes: C230, O400, Q550, Q560 Source : Éditeur (via Cairn.info) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.cairn.info/article.php?ID_ARTICLE=JIE_003_0091 |
