In response to the damage caused by a growth-led global economy, researchers across the world started investigating the association between environmental pollution and its possible determinants. Most famously, the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesises. This book explores the latest literature on the Environmental Kuznets Curve.

Muhammad Shahbaz, School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, China.

Daniel Balsalobre Lorente, Department of Political Economy and Public Finance, Economic and Business Statistics and Economic Policy, University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain.

Rajesh Sharma, SCMS, Nagpur, and Constituent of Symbiosis International University, Pune, India.

1 Examination of the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis with Quadratic and Cubic Functional Models: An Econometric Analysis of European Countries; 2 The Effect of Trade, Renewable Energy, and Economic Growth on CO2 Emissions in Central and Eastern Europe; 3 Air Pollution and COVID-19 Nexus: Insights from Wavelet Approach for Selected Groups of Countries; 4 The Impact of Economic Growth, International Trade, and Carbon Dioxide Emissions on Portuguese Energy Consumption; 5 Renewable Energy, Carbon Emissions, and Economic Growth: The Comparison between EKC and RKC; 6 COVID-19 and Energy Transition: A Review; 7 EKC Modelling in a Post-pandemic Era: A Policy Note on Socio-ecological Trade-offs; 8 Sustainable Development through Carbon Neutrality: A Policy Insight from Foreign Direct Investment and Service Policy; 9 Reset the Industry Redux through Corporate Social Responsibility: The COVID-19 Tourism Impact on Hospitality Firms through Business Model Innovation; 10 Addressing the Nexus between Economic Growth and Environmental Pollution in a Small Petroleum-Exporting Transition Economy; 11 Revising the Environmental Kuznets Curve in the Post-COVID-19 Era from an SDGs Perspective; 12 Revisiting the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC): An Analysis Using the Sectoral Output and Ecological Footprint in India; 13 The Contribution of Transport Modes to Carbon Emissions in Turkey; 14 The Roles of Education and Export Diversification in the Improvement of Environmental Quality: A Comparison between China and India; 15 Are Economic Advancements Catalysts for Carbon Emissions? Depicting the Indian Experience