The environmental Kuznets curve revisited once again
The environmental Kuznets curve revisited once again
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环境库兹涅茨曲线再次重温
DOI：
10.1007/bf02746011
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发表时间：
2005
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1
通讯作者：
Margrethe Winslow
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作者：
Margrethe Winslow
在过去的十年中，人们对收入水平与环境质量之间假设的倒U形关系（称为环境库兹涅茨曲线（EKC））给予了相当多的关注。对这种关系的实证研究的概述发现，EKC 的证据有限。最有力的证据是城市二氧化硫浓度。仔细研究该领域的一篇开创性论文，该论文首次报告了收入水平与二氧化硫浓度之间的关系，发现这种关系充其量也很弱。鉴于 EKC 的证据有限，为什么它仍然被接受为事实？本文认为，它既符合社会上有权势群体的利益，也符合富人比穷人更关心环境质量的观念。
In the past decade, considerable attention has been paid to the hypothesized inverted U-shaped relationship between income level and environmental quality, known as the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC). An overview of empirical studies of this relationship finds limited evidence for an EKC. The strongest evidence is with urban SO2 concentrations. A close examination of a seminal paper in this field, which first reported the relationship between income level and SO2 concentrations, finds the relationship weak at best. Given the limited evidence for an EKC, why is it still accepted as fact? This article suggests that it both serves the interests of powerful groups in society, and it corresponds to a notion that wealthy people care more about environmental quality than do poor people.