Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Bagliani Marco
Author-Email: bagliani@ires.piemonte.it
Author-Name: Bravo Giangiacomo 
Author-Email: bravo@eco.unibs.it
Author-Name: Dalmazzone Silvana 
Author-Email: silvana.dalmazzone@unito.it
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Turin
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/
Title: A Consumption-based Approach to Environmental Kuznets Curves Using the Ecological Footprint Indicatory
Abstract: Recent research suggests that consumption-based measures offer an insightful perspective on the debate 
on the relationship between economie growth and the environment. In this article, we deepen the eonsumption-based 
line of inquiry by investigating the empirical èvidenee in support of the environmental Kuznets hypothesis using 
1961-2001 ecological footprint data. We test not only inverted-U and linear functions, but a!so power functions as 
potentia!ly suitable models to represent the relationship between per capita income and environmental impact. Our 
results do not show evidence of delinking: the rate of growth of the ecologica! footprint slowly decreases when 
per capita income increases, but the growth itself never stops. The best model approximating this relationship is 
therefore not a quadratic but a power function, which does not support the case far indefinite economie growth as 
a prospective solution to environmental problems.
Length: 18 pages
Creation-Date: 2006-01
File-URL: http://www.est.unito.it/do/home.pl/Download?doc=/allegati/wp2006dip/1_wp_dalmazzonebaglianibravo.pdf
File-Format: Application/PDF
Handle: RePEc:uto:dipeco:200601