TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamic technique and scale effects of economic growth on the environment
AU - Mohapatra, S.
AU - Adamowicz, V.
AU - Boxall, Peter
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - © 2016 Elsevier B.V.A recent literature shows that the effect of economic growth on the environment is driven by technique and scale effects. Surprisingly, there are no dynamic estimates of these components in the literature. Using data from Canada, this paper makes a novel contribution by investigating asymmetric trends in economic growth effects and by breaking the aggregate effect into time varying scale and technique components. Our results show that scale and technique effects have significant dynamic components, and, thus, accounting for such dynamics is critical for assessing whether or not economic growth is good for the environment.
AB - © 2016 Elsevier B.V.A recent literature shows that the effect of economic growth on the environment is driven by technique and scale effects. Surprisingly, there are no dynamic estimates of these components in the literature. Using data from Canada, this paper makes a novel contribution by investigating asymmetric trends in economic growth effects and by breaking the aggregate effect into time varying scale and technique components. Our results show that scale and technique effects have significant dynamic components, and, thus, accounting for such dynamics is critical for assessing whether or not economic growth is good for the environment.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eneco.2016.05.011
DO - 10.1016/j.eneco.2016.05.011
M3 - Article
VL - 57
SP - 256
EP - 264
JO - Energy Economics
JF - Energy Economics
SN - 0140-9883
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