Apergis, NicholasÖztürk, İlhan12.07.20192019-07-1212.07.20192019-07-1220151470-160X1872-7034https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.11.026https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12507/572WOS: 000350918600003The aim of this study is to test the Environmental Kuznet Curve (EKC) hypothesis for 14 Asian countries spanning the period 1990-2011. We focused on how both income and policies in these countries affect the income-emissions (environment) relationship. The GMM methodology using panel data is employed in a multivariate framework to test the EKC hypothesis. The multivariate framework includes: CO2 emissions, GDP per capita, population density, land, industry shares in GDP, and four indicators that measure the quality of institutions. In terms of the presence of an inverted U-shape association between emissions and income per capita, the estimates have the expected signs and are statistically significant, yielding empirical support to the presence of an Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis..eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closeAccessCarbon Dioxide EmissionsEnvironmental Kuznets CurvePanel DataAsian CountriesArticle521622WOS:0003509186000032-s2.0-8491972275410.1016/j.ecolind.2014.11.026Q1Q1