?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F22899%2F&rft.title=Geography%2C+environmental+efficiency+and+Italian+economic+growth%3A+a+spatially-adapted+Environmental+Kuznets+Curve&rft.creator=Ciriaci%2C+Daria&rft.creator=Palma%2C+Daniela&rft.subject=Q56+-+Environment+and+Development+%3B+Environment+and+Trade+%3B+Sustainability+%3B+Environmental+Accounts+and+Accounting+%3B+Environmental+Equity+%3B+Population+Growth&rft.subject=O13+-+Agriculture+%3B+Natural+Resources+%3B+Energy+%3B+Environment+%3B+Other+Primary+Products&rft.subject=Q53+-+Air+Pollution+%3B+Water+Pollution+%3B+Noise+%3B+Hazardous+Waste+%3B+Solid+Waste+%3B+Recycling&rft.subject=C21+-+Cross-Sectional+Models+%3B+Spatial+Models+%3B+Treatment+Effect+Models+%3B+Quantile+Regressions&rft.description=The+present+paper+tests+the+hypothesis+that+environmental+degradation+and+per+capita+income+follow+an+inverted-U-shaped+relationship+(the+so-called+Environmental+Kuznets+Curve)+at+the+Italian+Nut3+level+over+the+period+1990-2005.+We+adopt+a+spatial+econometric+approach+to+account+for+the+localised+nature+of+environmental+damage.+In+this+spatially-adapted+EKC%2C+we+explicitly+introduced+the+role+of+energy+intensive+sectors+to+control+for+local+industrial+structure.+The+experiment+brought+to+light+the+existence+of+significant+heterogeneity+at+the+Italian+Nut3+level+and+highlighted+major+differences+between+geographical+clusters+from+the+point+of+view+of+%E2%80%9Cecological+efficiency%E2%80%9D.&rft.date=2010-05-25&rft.type=MPRA+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F22899%2F1%2FMPRA_paper_22899.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ciriaci%2C+Daria+and+Palma%2C+Daniela++(2010)%3A+Geography%2C+environmental+efficiency+and+Italian+economic+growth%3A+a+spatially-adapted+Environmental+Kuznets+Curve.++++&rft.language=en