The environmental Kuznets curve and the Pasteur effect: Environmental costs in Sweden 1850-2000
European Review of Economic History, cilt.18, sa.3, ss.306-323, 2014 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2014
- Doi Numarası: 10.1093/ereh/heu011
- Dergi Adı: European Review of Economic History
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.306-323
- Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
The dynamics of environmental problems is among other things affected by knowledge and economic growth and the perception of welfare. In this article, we present a method for aggregating historically relevant environmental pressure indicators, thereby acknowledging that the complexity of environmental problems calls for multi-indicator approaches. Secondly, we use the aggregate for exploring the long-run dynamics between the environment and economic growth, using a methodology used in the study of the so-called environmental Kuznets curve. We find evidence for a right tilted-S form dynamic relationship. The dynamics is analyzed in a framework stressing that new knowledge of environmental problems is an important driver for the changing relationship, here called the Pasteur effect. © 2014 The Author.