Environmental Kuznets Curve for deforestation (EKCd). It relies on a 55 year panel of forest
cover data reconstructed from the periodic national forest inventories of 114 countries
clustered in low, middle, and high income groups—as defined by the World Bank—and
examines these clusters within both static and dynamic frameworks. The results are
supportive of the inverse U-shaped EKC for deforestation. For low income countries strong …