Testing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis in the transport sector for OECD countries: a dynamic panel threshold approach

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dc.authoridCatik, Abdurrahman Nazif/0000-0001-9247-5668
dc.authoridAkdeniz, Coskun/0000-0002-3973-754X
dc.authoridILHAN, ALI/0000-0001-6201-5353
dc.contributor.authorCatik, Abdurrahman Nazif
dc.contributor.authorIlhan, Ali
dc.contributor.authorAkdeniz, Coskun
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-29T17:58:20Z
dc.date.available2024-10-29T17:58:20Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentTekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study tests the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis in the transport sector for 28 OECD countries from 1990 to 2019. As a novelty, the relationship between gross domestic product (GDP) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the transport sector is investigated with the estimation of the dynamic panel threshold regression based on the generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator by Seo and Shin (Seo and Shin, J Econom 2:169-186, 2016). This approach enables us to test EKC and capture possible nonlinearities between variables. Along with the analysis of the EKC hypothesis, our study also investigates the effects of road petroleum products consumption, renewable energy consumption, and trade openness on transport CO2 emissions. The threshold regression results, where GDP per capita is employed as the transition variable, support the nonlinear relationship between CO2 emissions from the transportation sector and GDP by rejecting the null hypothesis of no threshold effect. This finding indicates the existence of two different regimes, i.e., the lower and upper regimes, based on the optimum value of the GDP per capita. Economic growth damages the environment in the lower regime, whereas it improves environmental quality in the upper regime. Therefore, the results indicate the presence of an inverted U-shaped relationship and support the EKC hypothesis in the OECD transportation sector. As a result, it is concluded that achieving sustainable economic growth is critical for investing in environmentally friendly technologies required to achieve the goal of reducing transportation-related CO2.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11356-023-31468-7
dc.identifier.endpage6384
dc.identifier.issn0944-1344
dc.identifier.issn1614-7499
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.pmid38150161
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85182954755
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage6372
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-31468-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11776/14242
dc.identifier.volume31
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001132325700001
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Heidelberg
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Science and Pollution Research
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectCarbon dioxide emissions
dc.subjectEconomic growth
dc.subjectEnvironmental Kuznets curve
dc.subjectTransport sector
dc.subjectDynamic panel threshold regression
dc.subjectOECD
dc.titleTesting the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis in the transport sector for OECD countries: a dynamic panel threshold approach
dc.typeArticle

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