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Searching for an Environmental Kuznets Curve in Carbon Dioxide Pollutant in Latin American Countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2015

Biswo N. Poudel ,
Krishna P. Paudel  and
Keshav Bhattarai
Biswo N. Poudel
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Krishna P. Paudel
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Keshav Bhattarai
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
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Abstract

This study utilized a semiparametric panel model to estimate environmental Kuznets curves (EKC) for carbon dioxide (CO2) in 15 Latin American countries, using hitherto unused data on forestry acreage in each country. Results showed an N-shaped curve for the region; however, the shape of the curve is sensitive to the removal of some groups of countries. Specification tests support a semiparametric panel model over a parametric quadratic specification.

Keywords

CO2forest acreageenvironmental Kuznets curveLatin American countriessemiparametric regression modelC14C33Q23Q53
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , April 2009 , pp. 13 - 27
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2009

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