Environmental Pollution and Economic Growth in China: A Test of the Environmental Kuznets Curve

Jiaqi  Hu; Adrian  Hernandez-del-Valle; Miguel A.  Martinez-Garcia

doi:10.4236/gep.2017.510008

Jiaqi Hu, Adrian Hernandez-del-Valle, Miguel A. Martinez-Garcia

Abstract: We apply a two pronged approach to analyze the presence of Environmental Kuznets Curve, EKC, in three types of emissions in the People’s Republic of China from 1994 to 2014: a structural breakpoint analysis and a model based test. We apply it to PM_2.5, industrial waste and domestic water pollution time series, and find evidence of EKC in all three types of emissions that require appropriate policy.

Keywords: Economic Growth, Environmental Kuznets Curve, PM2.5, Domestic Water Pollution, Industrial Waste, China

Cite this paper: Hu, J. , Hernandez-del-Valle, A. and Martinez-Garcia, M. (2017) Environmental Pollution and Economic Growth in China: A Test of the Environmental Kuznets Curve. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 5, 92-100. doi: 10.4236/gep.2017.510008.

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