Ercolano, Salvatore, Gaeta, Giuseppe Lucio, Ghinoi, Stefano ORCID: 0000-0002-9857-4736 and Silvestri, Francesco (2018) Kuznets curve in municipal solid waste production: an empirical analysis based on municipal-level panel data from the Lombardy region (Italy). Ecological Indicators, 93. pp. 397-403. ISSN 1470-160X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.05.021)

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Abstract

By using a novel database that observes 1,497 municipalities from the Lombardy region in Italy between 2005 and 2011, this paper provides an empirical test of the Waste Kuznets Curve (WKC) hypothesis. Fixed effects regression analyses, generalized method of moments models and a number of robustness checks strongly indicate that among the municipalities under scrutiny there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between economic development and waste generation. Nevertheless, only a few of the municipalities under scrutiny reach the turning point of the estimated curve. These findings contribute to the expanding empirical literature that tests WKC by using municipal data, considered the most appropriate for this kind of analysis.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	waste generation, kuznets, panel data
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Business Faculty of Business > Department of International Business & Economics Faculty of Business > Networks and Urban Systems Centre (NUSC) Faculty of Business > Networks and Urban Systems Centre (NUSC) > Centre for Business Network Analysis (CBNA)
Last Modified:	13 Apr 2021 12:03
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/28696

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