The Environment and Economic Growth According to the Environmental Kuznets' Curve

• Autorzy: Julia Włodarczyk
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

It is argued that even if economic growth and protection of the environment are not always compatible, they are not necessarily exclusive, which is emphasized by many findings, especially by the hypothesis of Environmental Kuznets’ Curve. However, it is not the mechanism of Environmental Kuznets’ Curve that automatically reduces the concentration of pollution all over the world. It may be the result of positive changes reflecting microeconomic, macroeconomic and global aspects. This article concentrates on the mechanisms of the Environmental Kuznets’ Curve and its most significant explanations, demonstrates that progressive degradation of the natural environment can be reversed at a certain stage of economic development and presents some findings regarding Polish economy and environment.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Environmental protection; Economic growth; Globalization; Kuznets curve

PL

Ochrona środowiska; Wzrost gospodarczy; Globalizacja; Krzywa Kuznetsa

• Czasopismo: Argumenta Oeconomica
• Rocznik: 2010
• Numer: nr 1 (24)
• Strony: 149--164

Twórcy

autor

Julia Włodarczyk

• The Karol Adamiecki University of Economics in Katowice, Poland

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