How Economic Development Influences the Environment
这篇综述梳理了中低收入国家中经济发展对环境影响的微观实证研究,探讨了家庭购买力、信贷、产权、技术和监管能力等因素的作用,适合关注发展与环境交叉议题的研究者。
Reducing global poverty and addressing climate change and other environmental crises are among the most important challenges facing humanity today. This review discusses one way in which these problems are intertwined: how economic development affects the environment. I synthesize recent micro-empirical research on the environmental effects of economic development in low- and middle-income countries. The studies that I discuss identify the causal effects of specific aspects of economic development, such as greater household purchasing power, expanded access to credit, more secure property rights, technological progress, and stronger regulatory capacity. I conclude by outlining some gaps in the literature.