We revisit the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) argument that an economy could pollute and develop at first and reduce pollution as income continues to grow. We propose a dynamic structural model to capture the interaction between economic growth, human capital accumulation, environmental...

We revisit the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) argument that an economy could initially develop in a polluting way and then environmental quality would improve after income grows over a threshold. We propose a dynamic model to capture the interaction among economic growth, human capital...

Purpose We aim to comb the current policies that have been developed to promote the environmental industries in China and analyze them in a comparative manner. Methodology/approach We mainly use the method of text study to study the existing policies that Chinese central government published to...

In contrast to the Pollution Haven Hypothesis, the Trade-Up Hypothesis holds that international integration helps improve firms' environmental performance in developing countries. Using firm-level data from Shanghai, this paper examines how international linkages, in the form of foreign direct...