Politická ekonomie 2017, 65(1):119-130 | DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.1130

Environmentální Kuznetsova křivka v podmínkách České republiky v období let 1975-2012

Jaroslav Kreuz1, Aleš Lisa2, Petr Šauer3
1 Jaroslav Kreuz (jaroslav.kreuz@gmail.com), Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, Fakulta mezinárodních vztahů
2 Aleš Lisa (ales.lisa@vse.cz), Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, Fakulta mezinárodních vztahů
3 Petr Šauer (petr.sauer@vse.cz), Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, Fakulta mezinárodních vztahů

Environmental Kuznets Curve: Application for the Czech Republic for the Time Period 1975-2012

Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) has been widely recognized as a standard model of hypothetical relationship between economic development and environment quality. The article presents results of an empirical research on EKC for the air pollution selected indicators in the Czech Republic in 1975-2012.To deal with the issue of different macroeconomic indicators calculated in socialist economy and after its transition to a market economy, EKC modeling was done with consolidated data on national economic performance. The results suggest, contrary to a widespread opinion, that changes in trends (turning points) for some pollutants on EKC can be found already in the 1980s. It also can be concluded, based on results received for the period after the year 2000 that validity of EKC might be in question for some pollutants. Following research on EKC for other pollutants and countries, as well as an application of other methodological approaches, could contribute both to better understanding of EKC model, including economic and social (pre)conditions of its validity, and its theoretical context.

Keywords: Environmental Kuznets Curve, economies in transition, the Czech Republic, economic development, environmental policy, air pollution.
JEL classification: E01, Q5

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