Environmental Pressure and Armed Conflict - Is there an empirical Kuznets Curve for Myanmar?

Empirical Kuznets Curves (EKC) usually imply an inverted U-shaped relationship between a pollutant and per capita GDP growth. We initially find an inverted U-shaped EKC between CO2-emissions and per capita GDP for the period 1960 to 2004. However, once accounting for a major uprising in 1988 in Myanmar, we can identify two different growth regimes. This structural break changes the nature of the EKC relationship.

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Year of publication:	2014-04-01
Authors:	Parlow, Anton
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	Empirical Kuznets Curve \| GDP \| Armed Conflicts \| CO2-emissions

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	O5 - Economywide Country Studies ; O53 - Asia including Middle East
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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