The Duke Environmental and Energy Economics Working Paper Series provides a forum for Duke faculty working in environmental, resource, and energy economics to disseminate their research. These working papers have not necessarily undergone peer review at the time of posting.

In this paper we review evolutionary economic modelling in relation to environmental policy. We discuss three areas in which evolutionary economic models have a particularly high added value for environmental policy-making: the double externality problem, technological transitions and consumer demand. We explore the possibilities to apply evolutionary economic models in environmental policy ass...

a Department of Environmental Economics, Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands b Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group, Wageningen University and Research Center, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN Wageningen, The Netherlands c LEI, Wageningen University and Research Center, The Hague, The Netherlands d Deltares, ...

The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) shows the relationship between economic development, which is proxied in per capita income, and environmental quality. This study aims to view existence of EKC by arranging distribution 62 countries into four sub-samples based on income from 1992 2017. By applying panel data, model uses Error Correction Mechanism (ECM) method see effect growth quality (CO2 ...