Environmental Kuznets curves and the latecomer’s advantage in selected East Asian economies
Environmental Kuznets curves and the latecomer’s advantage in selected East Asian economies
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环境库兹涅茨曲线和特定东亚经济体的后发优势
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10.32204/jids.15.1_73
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2006
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Hiroyuki Taguchi
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作者：
Hiroyuki Taguchi
世界各国，特别是发展中国家面临着应对工业污染、城市环境问题、全球变暖等各种环境问题的压力，同时又希望实现经济的高速增长。在这种情况下，它们迫切需要通过渐进式环境管理，最大限度地利用“后发优势”，跨越环境困难。本研究利用环境库兹涅茨曲线的分析框架，考察东亚经济体在环境管理领域是否真正享有后发优势。研究的主要发现如下：(1)两国经济的时间序列EK曲线符合后发优势的假设；(2)利用面板数据进行回归分析，对解决众所周知的硫和碳排放环境问题提供了显著的后发优势的存在。
Countries in the world, especially developing countries, are under pressure to deal with a variety of environmental problems, such as industrial pollution, urban environmental issues, and global warming, while they are expected to simultaneously achieve high economic growth. In this context, they urgently need to leapfrog over environmental difficulties through progressive environmental management, using their “latecomer’s advantage” to the maximum extent possible. This study examined whether or not East Asian economies actually enjoy the latecomer’s advantage in the area of environmental management, utilizing the analytical framework of the environmental Kuznets curve. The study’s main findings are as follows: (1) the time-series EK curves of their economies are consistent with the hypothesis that they do enjoy the latecomer’s advantage, and (2) a regression analysis using panel data provides significant confirmation of the existence of the latecomer’s advantage for addressing the well known environmental problem of sulfur and carbon emissions.