The Energy Kuznets Curve: Evidence from Developed and Developing Economies
研究了能源库兹涅茨曲线（EKC）与传统环境库兹涅茨曲线的关系，发现两者在发达国家成立，但在发展中国家呈正向单调关系，说明仅靠经济增长不能解决环境退化。
The energy environmental Kuznets curve is effectively an environmental Kuznets curve augmented by adding one or more energy-related variables. We suggest that the energy Kuznets curve (EKC) can be estimated separately from the conventional environmental Kuznets curve as a quadratic function of income. It is demonstrated that the environmental Kuznets curve implies and is implied by the EKC. The empirical results show consistently that both the environmental and EKC are valid for developed (high income) countries but not so for developing (low income) countries where the relations are positive and monotonic. The importance of considering energy consumption in conjunction with the environmental Kuznets curve is that economic growth on its own does not put an end to environmental degradation unless the underlying country is on the downward-sloping sections of both the environmental and EKC.