%0 Journal Article %T Environmental Kuznets Curve for Water Pollution: The Case of Border Countries %A Alexi Thompson %J Modern Economy %P 66-69 %@ 2152-7261 %D 2014 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/me.2014.51008 %X

This paper looks for evidence of an environmental Kuznets curve for water pollution in countries that share major rivers as their border. The data in this paper consist of a panel of 21 years and 30 countries, seven of which are border countries. The turning point for the border countries is much lower than that for the other subset. A t-test comparing group means for income and biochemical oxygen demand levels for both subsets finds no statistical difference for either variable, implying that countries sharing a river may be able to enforce environmental regulations more effectively than countries not sharing a river.

%K Environmental Kuznets Curve %K Water Pollution %K Border Countries %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=42328