Does Corruption Matter for the Environment? Panel Evidence from China
Does Corruption Matter for the Environment? Panel Evidence from China
Abstract
This article examines the income-energy-SO2 emissions nexus by taking a corruption variable into account. To that end, the panel cointegration methods are applied to 29 Chinese provinces over 1999-2012. The authors 'empirical evidence shows that an increase in the number of anti-corruption cases tends to drive down SO2 emissions in China. It is also found that income growth appears to have a beneficial effect on decreasing SO2 emissions over the past two decades. Finally, energy consumption is found to increase SO2 emissions.
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Baek, Jungho/0000-0002-5471-0935;
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Keywords
China, Corruption, Environment, EKC, Panel, SO2, So<sub>2</sub>, Economics, FOS: Political science, corruption, Macroeconomics, Social Sciences, Economic Impact of Environmental Policies and Resources, Panel Data Analysis, Engineering, Sociology, panel, HB71-74, Rebound Effect on Energy Efficiency and Consumption, Political science, Development economics, Energy, Ecology, ddc:330, Social science, Q56, FOS: Sociology, FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion, Consumption (sociology), Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Physical Sciences, environment, Art, C23, Economics and Econometrics, China, Empirical evidence, SO2, FOS: Law, Epistemology, Greenhouse gas, EKC, FOS: Economics and business, H, Language change, Econometrics, Embedded system, Biology, Panel data, Cointegration, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Energy consumption, Philosophy, Economics as a science, Impact of Infrastructure and Taxation on Economic Growth, Literature, FOS: Biological sciences, Electrical engineering, Nexus (standard), Law
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0211 other engineering and technologies, 02 engineering and technology, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
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18
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11