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GDP and environment pressure: the role of energy in Latin America and The Caribbean
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2011-12Registro en:
Zilio, Mariana Ines; Recalde, Marina Yesica; GDP and environment pressure: the role of energy in Latin America and The Caribbean; Elsevier; Energy Policy; 39; 12; 12-2011; 7941-7949
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Autor
Zilio, Mariana Ines
Recalde, Marina Yesica
Resumen
This paper analyzes the relationship between economic growth and energy consumption for a sample of 21 Latin American and Caribbean countries during the 1970-2007 period. The investigation is made on the bases of the Energy Environmental Kuznets Curve (EEKC) hypothesis, using a panel data analysis. Energy consumption at aggregate level is used as an indicator of human environmental pressure and GDP per capita as an indicator of economic activity. Based in a cointegration approach, our results does not support the existence of a stable long run relationship between the series, rejecting the validity of such hypothesis for the selected sample over the 1970-2007 period. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.