Does the Kuznets curve apply for financial development and environmental degradation in the Asia-Pacific region?

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Anh The Vo¹  Thang Cong Nguyen¹  Nhan Thien Nguyen²  Duc Hong Vo³  Chi Minh Ho⁴ 

[1]Resources, Ho Chi Minh City Open University Vietnam, 97 Vo Van Tan Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

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[3]The CBER – Research Centre in Business, Economics &Corresponding author.

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[5]The CBER – Research Centre in Business, Economics &

关键词: Financial development;    Environmental degradation;    Panel ARDL;    Asia-Pacific region;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The Asia-Pacific region has faced conflicting objectives of achieving sustainable economic growth and simultaneously improving environmental quality. This paper, the first of its kind, applies the concept of the Kuznets curve to financial development in this region. The long-term effect of financial development on environmental degradation is examined using a sample of 26 countries in the 2007–2017 period. This paper uses the long-term estimation techniques - the panel autoregressive distributed lag, including the pooled mean group model; the mean group; and the dynamic fixed effect estimator. The second-generation Granger test is used to determine the causality between financial development and environmental degradation. The U-shaped nexus and a bi-directional relationship between financial development and environmental degradation are found.

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