This paper reviews the literature of an unresolved question in environmental economics, the
environmental Kuznets curve for deforestation (EKCd). It begins by summarizing the general …

It is evident that countries with abundant natural resources have comparatively higher
wealth sources. However, there is no conclusive evidence regarding the impact of natural …

Although the effect of public debt on environmental quality has been envisaged in prior
empirical studies, the outcomes are inconclusive. Moreover, institutional quality can directly …

As a key concern for human survival and development, environmental issues have been
widely perceived to be impacted by various political institutional factors. A considerable …

Most regulations designed to reduce environmental externalities impose costs on
individuals and firms. A large and growing literature examines whether these costs are …

Deforestation is a significant environmental problem, contributing to biodiversity loss, land
degradation, soil erosion, and climate change. During the past half-century, the continent of …

Using newly-released and globally available high-resolution remote sensing data on forest
loss, we update the assessment of the cross-country determinants of deforestation in …

The relationship between tourism growth and municipal solid waste (MSW) generation has
been, until now, the subject of little research. This is puzzling since the tourism sector is an …

Efforts to reduce deforestation are increasing worldwide through the implementation of
climate change mitigation schemes and have recently been promoted as one of the goals of …

This paper provides new, global evidence on the relationship between trade liberalization
and deforestation. Using event studies around the enactment of regional trade agreements …