环境质量与经济增长库兹尼茨关系空间计量分析

大多数学者研究环境库兹尼茨曲线(EKC)时,都隐含地假定一个地区人均污染与相邻的地区不存在空间相关性,因而其得到的估计结果可能出现偏误,进而将结论应用到环境政策方面也令人难以信服。为克服上述缺陷,利用中国28个省域1993~2005年的面板数据,应用考虑空间效应的空间面板数据模型,对中国的环境库兹尼茨曲线进行实证分析。结果发现:(1)我国的区域污染存在空间相关性,因此空间面板数据模型更适于研究EKC曲线;(2)区域污染排放不仅受本地区人均收入影响,而且相邻区域的污染物排放也对本地区有重大影响,即污染物排放具有空间溢出作用;(3)我国居民环境质量-收入弹性仍然处于较低的水平,环境质量在居民消费需求中比重并不高。

Spatial econometric analysis of Kuznets' relationship between environmental quality and economic growth

In the past 20 years,the Environmental Kuznets Curve has been regarded as one of the most powerful tools in studying the relationship between economic growth and environmental pollution.Among the conventional study in Environmental Kuznets Curve,most researchers implicitly assume that regional pollution is not affected by the neighboring regions.So,from analytical viewpoint and empirical behavior,the traditional methods used to examine the Environmental Kuznets Curve are suspected for neglecting spatial dep...