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Is There a “Biodiversity Kuznets Curve” for the Main OECD Countries?

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  • Roberta De Santis

    (ISTAT (Italian National Institute of Statistics) - Econometric Studies and Forecasts Division, Rome)

Abstract

The innovative feature of this paper is its attempt to estimate by panel data methodology an environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) for biodiversity for OECD countries in the period 1990-2010. We use a biodiversity terrestrial and marine index and include in the equation proxies for trade, FDI and international agreements for biodiversity protection. According to our estimates the EKC hypothesis is partially verified. A preliminary policy implication coming from our results is that an increase in environmental-friendly production technology could be obtained devoting more economic resources to this purpose and not only waiting for a generalized increase in the income.

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  • Roberta De Santis, 2013. "Is There a “Biodiversity Kuznets Curve” for the Main OECD Countries?," Rivista di Politica Economica, SIPI Spa, issue 3, pages 215-225, July-Sept.
    • Handle: RePEc:rpo:ripoec:y:2013:i:3:p:215-225
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    Keywords

    biodiversity risk; trade; FDI; environmental Kuznets curve;
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    JEL classification:

    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
    • Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • C52 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection

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