Preliminary communication

Testing the environmental Kuznets curve in the case of Croatia

Hrvoje Jošić orcid.org/0000-0002-7869-3017 ; Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
Mislav Jošić orcid.org/0000-0001-9890-2333 ; HANFA
Mateja Janečić

Abstract

The environmental Kuznets curve is a relationship between various indicators of environmental degradation
and income per capita. The EKC hypothesis states that environmental degradation worsens as economic
development increases, however after reaching a certain level of GDP per capita, it begins to decrease. The
aim of the paper is to test the validity of the environmental Kuznets curve in Croatia in the period from 1990
to 2013. This paper required constructing and testing linear, quadratic and cubic models using a liner regression
model. The results of the analysis have shown that economic growth affects CO2 emissions in Croatia,
indicated however by is very weak linear relationship and applying only to short-term model dynamics.
Furthermore, the measured carbon intensity of GDP for Croatia indicates that Croatia uses its anthropogenic
resources relatively efficiently.

Keywords

CO2 emissions; environmental Kuznets curve; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

171196

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/171196

Publication date:

21.12.2016.

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