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Estimating the tourism‐induced province‐specific environmental Kuznets curve: Evidence from panel analyses of Chinese provinces
Author(s) -
Chan Ying Tung,
Wong Yat Fung
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.2370
Subject(s) - kuznets curve , tourism , panel data , econometrics , per capita , economics , china , turning point , geography , demography , population , physics , archaeology , sociology , period (music) , acoustics
This article estimates province‐specific tourism‐induced environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) in China by using both standard panel data regression and a panel vector error correction model. We validate the EKC hypothesis in the long run but not in the short run, and show that tourism development reduces per capita CO 2 inventory. We add to previous research by allowing for heterogeneous impacts of tourism development on CO 2 level. Incorporating these heterogeneity effects changes the estimated turning point for EKC significantly. Additionally, it is found that all provinces are still on the increasing part of the EKC, contrasting the existing results.