Investigating the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis by utilizing the ecological footprint as an indicator of environmental degradation

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 315-323

  Al Mulali, Usama ^a   Weng Wai, Choong ^b   Sheau Ting, Low ^b   Mohammed, Abdul Hakim ^b  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ecological footprint; Environmental Kuznets curve (EKC); Financial development; GDP growth; hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INVESTMENTS; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT; GDP GROWTH; HYPOTHESIS;

ECONOMICS;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; KUZNETS CURVE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84907528051     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.08.029     Document Type: Article

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