%0 Journal Article
%T Testing for an Environmental Kuznets Curve in Latin-American Countries
%A Inmaculada Mart£¿-nez-Zarzoso
%A Aurelia Bengochea-Morancho
%J Revista de An¨¢lisis Econ¨®mico (RAE)
%D 2003
%I Georgetown University, Universidad Alberto Hurtado
%X This paper presents empirical estimates of Environmental Kuznets Curves for a panel of Latin-American countries over the period 1975-1998. It uses a new econometric technique that allows for more flexible assumptions in a panel data framework with a large time dimension. Unlike most previous studies we test for slope heterogeneity of the income coefficient in the search of a common empirical relation between carbon dioxide emissions and income. Our results point to the existence of some heterogeneity among countries, but with specific patterns for those sharing certain characteristics.
%U http://www.rae-ear.org/index.php/rae/article/view/22