收入分配视角下经济增长与环境质量的关系

Relationship between Economic Growth and Environment Quality from Perspective of Income Distribution

本文采用跨国面板数据资料(26个国家1998年至2010年)分析不同国家国内收入差异及国内收入分配的变化对二氧化碳排放量的影响,即人均GDP、人口密度、GDP中工业占比、基尼系数及人均GDP与收入分配的交叉项等因素对二氧化碳排放量的影响。实证结果显示收入分配对二氧化碳排放具有显著影响,Gini系数与CO2排放量呈现负向关系,但此负向关系会随着GDP的增加而减少,而人均GDP与收入分配的交叉项与CO2排放量呈现正向关系。因此,将所得不均度纳入考量,才能更完整地描绘经济发展与二氧化碳排放的关系。

This paper uses multinational panel data of 26 countries during 1998-2010 to analyze the influence of the change ofdomestic income difference and domestic income distribution in different countries on carbon dioxide emission quantity, i.e., theinfluence of the factors such as their per capita GDP, population density, the proportion of industry to GDP, Gini Coefficient andcross term of income distribution on carbon dioxide emission quantity. Empirical analysis results show that income distribution hassignificant impact on carbon dioxide emission, that there is a negative relation between Gini coefficient and carbon dioxide emis-sion but the negative relation reduces with GDP increase and that there is a positive relation between per capita GDP and crossterm of income distribution and carbon dioxide emission. Thus, the relation between economic development and carbon dioxide e-mission can be more completely described if income un-homogeneity is considered.