TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental productivity and Kuznets curve in India
AU - Managi, Shunsuke
AU - Jena, Pradyot Ranjan
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank two anonymous referees for their helpful comments, and also thank Yutaka Ito for his assistance. This research was funded by the Yokohama National University, and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), No.70372456. The results and conclusions of this paper do not necessarily represent the views of the funding agencies.
PY - 2008/4/1
Y1 - 2008/4/1
N2 - As a result of India's extremely rapid economic growth, the scale and seriousness of environmental problems are no longer in doubt. Whether pollution abatement technologies are utilized more efficiently is crucial in the analysis of environmental management because it influences the cost of alternative production and pollution abatement technologies. In this study, we use state-level industry data of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and suspended particular matter over the period 1991-2003. Employing recently developed productivity measurement technique, we show that overall environmental productivities decrease over time in India. Furthermore, we analyze the determinants of environmental productivities and find environmental Kuznets curve type relationship existences between environmental productivity and income. Panel analysis results show that the scale effect dominates over the technique effect. Therefore, a combined effect of income on environmental productivity is negative.
AB - As a result of India's extremely rapid economic growth, the scale and seriousness of environmental problems are no longer in doubt. Whether pollution abatement technologies are utilized more efficiently is crucial in the analysis of environmental management because it influences the cost of alternative production and pollution abatement technologies. In this study, we use state-level industry data of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and suspended particular matter over the period 1991-2003. Employing recently developed productivity measurement technique, we show that overall environmental productivities decrease over time in India. Furthermore, we analyze the determinants of environmental productivities and find environmental Kuznets curve type relationship existences between environmental productivity and income. Panel analysis results show that the scale effect dominates over the technique effect. Therefore, a combined effect of income on environmental productivity is negative.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.07.011
DO - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.07.011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:39449135165
SN - 0921-8009
VL - 65
SP - 432
EP - 440
JO - Ecological Economics
JF - Ecological Economics
IS - 2
ER -
