Environmental Kuznets curve
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Tests whether pollution first rises and then falls as income grows (beta_2 < 0).
LaTeX: \ln E_{it} = \beta_0 + \beta_1 \ln Y_{it} + \beta_2 (\ln Y_{it})^2 + \varepsilon_{it}
Key findings
- Environmental Kuznets curve was mentioned in 9 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #68 of the 104 equations and models mentioned.
- By journal category: Economics (5), Finance (2) and Management (2).
- Most of them appeared in Energy Policy (2), Ecological Economics (1) and Financial Innovation (1).
- Often mentioned together with Ordinary least squares (OLS) (4), Cointegration and error correction (VECM) (3) and Total factor productivity (Solow residual) (3).
- Datasets named in the same papers: World Development Indicators (World Bank) (5), International Energy Agency (IEA) (4) and Our World in Data (2).
| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | Material use and its relationship with per capita income. A panel data analysis at the global level | Ecological Economics | Tommaso Luzzati, Emilio Padilla, Bhavesh Gulati et al. | University of Pisa; Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia; Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| 2026-10-16 | Sustainable finance versus non-sustainable finance and environmental sustainability: evidence from selected OECD economies | Financial Innovation | Daniel Balsalobre‐Lorente, Magdalena Radulescu, Niu Rong et al. | Azerbaijan State University of Economics; Universidad Ecotec; University of Castilla-La Mancha; … |
| 2026-10-15 | Economic Inequality Reduces Sustainable Consumption: Cross-National and Experimental Evidence and Psychological Mechanisms | Journal of Business Ethics | Steven A. Brieger, Jacob Hörisch, Xinyu Zhang | NEOMA Business School; Leuphana University of Lüneburg; University of Sussex |
| 2026-10-07 | Geopolitical risk and the spatial convergence of renewable energy consumption: Evidence from 1996 to 2026 | International Review of Economics & Finance | Liu He, 邹佰峰, Xing Chiang | Northeast Agricultural University; Northeast Forestry University; City University of Macau |
| 2026-10-05 | Beyond productivity: Does ICT agglomeration drive regional eco-efficiency? | Structural Change and Economic Dynamics | Maria Chiara D’Errico, Anna Maria Ferragina, Stefano Iandolo et al. | University of Perugia; University of Salerno; École Supérieure du Commerce Extérieur; … |
| 2026-10-01 | Protected areas: questioning the development-conservation system. A socio-political-economic and ecological framework for a bottom-up approach | World Development | Mireille Razafindrakoto, François Roubaud, Florent Bédécarrats et al. | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement; Université Paris Dauphine-PSL; … |
| 2026-10-01 | Finding green start-ups at scale: Automating selection through Natural Language Processing algorithms | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | Stefano Bianchini, Alessandra Colombelli, Baptiste Le Masle et al. | Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée; Politecnico di Torino; Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia |
| 2026-09-30 | Catalysts or constraints? The dual role of natural resources and greenfield investment amid geopolitical risk | Energy Policy | Priyanka Pradhan, Rajib Kumar Malik, Narayan Sethi et al. | National Institute of Technology Rourkela; Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur |
| 2026-09-28 | Energy transition under fragmentation: A threshold analysis of inclusive governance in developing economies | Energy Policy | Muhammad Azam, Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Vijay Kumar et al. | International University of Rabat; IPAG Business School; University of Waikato; … |