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New toxics, race to the bottom and revised environmental Kuznets curve: The case of local and global pollutants

This study empirically evaluated three different forms of environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) including ‘new toxics’, ‘race to the bottom’, and ‘revised’ EKC in a panel of 36 developed and developing countries for the period of 1995–2013. The results of robust least square MM-estimator confirmed the ‘...

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Main Authors: Mohd. Rasli, Amran, Qureshi, Muhammad Imran, Chikaji, Aliyu Isah, Zaman, Khalid, Ahmad, Mehboob
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Published: Elsevier Ltd 2018
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HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85355/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.08.092
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spelling my.utm.853552020-03-17T08:26:56Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85355/ New toxics, race to the bottom and revised environmental Kuznets curve: The case of local and global pollutants Mohd. Rasli, Amran Qureshi, Muhammad Imran Chikaji, Aliyu Isah Zaman, Khalid Ahmad, Mehboob HD28 Management. Industrial Management This study empirically evaluated three different forms of environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) including ‘new toxics’, ‘race to the bottom’, and ‘revised’ EKC in a panel of 36 developed and developing countries for the period of 1995–2013. The results of robust least square MM-estimator confirmed the ‘race to the bottom’ hypothesis in nitrous oxide emissions (N2O) and carbon monoxides (CO) emissions, while ‘revised’ EKC hypothesis exist in traffic volume emissions and CO emissions. The study constructed an “emissions index” by the principal component matrix for evaluating ‘new toxics’ EKC hypothesis and confirm that industrial activities continuously created new, unregulated and potentially toxic pollutants in a panel of countries. The results found that industrial activities substantially increase traffic emissions and mono-nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions across countries. In a majority of the cases, trade openness, energy demand and per capita food variability directly associated with the air pollutants that deteriorate the natural environment. Elsevier Ltd 2018-01 Article PeerReviewed Mohd. Rasli, Amran and Qureshi, Muhammad Imran and Chikaji, Aliyu Isah and Zaman, Khalid and Ahmad, Mehboob (2018) New toxics, race to the bottom and revised environmental Kuznets curve: The case of local and global pollutants. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 81 . pp. 3120-3130. ISSN 1364-0321 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.08.092
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topic HD28 Management. Industrial Management
spellingShingle HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Mohd. Rasli, Amran
Qureshi, Muhammad Imran
Chikaji, Aliyu Isah
Zaman, Khalid
Ahmad, Mehboob
New toxics, race to the bottom and revised environmental Kuznets curve: The case of local and global pollutants
description This study empirically evaluated three different forms of environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) including ‘new toxics’, ‘race to the bottom’, and ‘revised’ EKC in a panel of 36 developed and developing countries for the period of 1995–2013. The results of robust least square MM-estimator confirmed the ‘race to the bottom’ hypothesis in nitrous oxide emissions (N2O) and carbon monoxides (CO) emissions, while ‘revised’ EKC hypothesis exist in traffic volume emissions and CO emissions. The study constructed an “emissions index” by the principal component matrix for evaluating ‘new toxics’ EKC hypothesis and confirm that industrial activities continuously created new, unregulated and potentially toxic pollutants in a panel of countries. The results found that industrial activities substantially increase traffic emissions and mono-nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions across countries. In a majority of the cases, trade openness, energy demand and per capita food variability directly associated with the air pollutants that deteriorate the natural environment.
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author Mohd. Rasli, Amran
Qureshi, Muhammad Imran
Chikaji, Aliyu Isah
Zaman, Khalid
Ahmad, Mehboob
author_facet Mohd. Rasli, Amran
Qureshi, Muhammad Imran
Chikaji, Aliyu Isah
Zaman, Khalid
Ahmad, Mehboob
author_sort Mohd. Rasli, Amran
title New toxics, race to the bottom and revised environmental Kuznets curve: The case of local and global pollutants
title_short New toxics, race to the bottom and revised environmental Kuznets curve: The case of local and global pollutants
title_full New toxics, race to the bottom and revised environmental Kuznets curve: The case of local and global pollutants
title_fullStr New toxics, race to the bottom and revised environmental Kuznets curve: The case of local and global pollutants
title_full_unstemmed New toxics, race to the bottom and revised environmental Kuznets curve: The case of local and global pollutants
title_sort new toxics, race to the bottom and revised environmental kuznets curve: the case of local and global pollutants
publisher Elsevier Ltd
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85355/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.08.092
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