Does corruption matter for the environment? Panel evidence from China

LIAO X., DOĞAN E., Baek J.

ECONOMICS-THE OPEN ACCESS OPEN-ASSESSMENT E-JOURNAL, cilt.11, 2017 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2017-27
  • Dergi Adı: ECONOMICS-THE OPEN ACCESS OPEN-ASSESSMENT E-JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This article examines the income-energy-SO2 emissions nexus by taking a corruption variable into account. To that end, the panel cointegration methods are applied to 29 Chinese provinces over 1999-2012. The authors 'empirical evidence shows that an increase in the number of anti-corruption cases tends to drive down SO2 emissions in China. It is also found that income growth appears to have a beneficial effect on decreasing SO2 emissions over the past two decades. Finally, energy consumption is found to increase SO2 emissions.