Environmental sustainability and economy

Abstract

Front Cover -- Environmental Sustainability and Economy -- Environmental Sustainability and Economy -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 - Environment and economy -- 1 - The impact of transport infrastructure development on carbon emissions in OECD countries -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical framework -- 3. Methodology and data -- 3.1 Specification of empirical model -- 3.2 Econometric estimation strategy -- 3.3 Data -- 4. Empirical findings and discussions -- 4.1 Robustness check -- 5. Conclusion and policy implications -- Appendix -- References -- 2 - Does transport infrastructure development contribute to carbon emissions? Evidence from developing countries -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology and data -- 2.1 Empirical model and estimation approach -- 2.2 Data -- 3. Results and discussions -- 3.1 Sensitivity analysis -- 4. Conclusion and policy suggestions -- Appendix -- References -- 3 - Interconnecting the environment with economic development of a nation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Role of natural resources and the environment in economic growth -- 3. The environment and economic growth linkage -- 4. EKC hypothesis: explaining the relation between environment and economic growth -- 4.1 Factors affecting EKC hypothesis -- 4.1.1 Income elasticity -- 4.1.2 Scale, technological, and composition effects -- 4.1.2.1 International trade -- 4.1.3 Market mechanism -- 4.1.4 Regulation -- 4.1.4.1 Formal regulation -- 4.1.4.2 Informal regulation -- 4.2 Survey of literature on the EKC hypothesis validity -- 4.2.1 Environment-growth nexus studies for specific countries -- 4.2.2 Environment-growth nexus studies for multiple countries -- 4.2.3 Theoretical evidence for EKC -- 4.2.4 Empirical evidences for EKC -- 5. Relating pollution and economy -- 5.1 CO2 emission and economic growth -- 6. Policy implications.