کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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993238 | 936028 | 2011 | 9 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
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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.
► We analyze the relationship between energy consumption and per capita GDP.
► The main objective is to study the environmental pressure of energy consumption.
► We use the theoretical framework of EKC hypothesis.
► We found a U-shaped pattern instead of an inverted one.
► Socio-economic and institutional factors of the sample could explain our results.
Journal: Energy Policy - Volume 39, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 7941–7949