Global Value Chains and the Environmental Kuznets Curve: Promotion or Hindrance?

ABSTRACT

Using two country panel datasets with two different magnitudes, we attempt to explore whether global value chain (GVC) participation affects the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) turning point. Our analysis suggests that countries more deeply involved in GVCs are associated with lower EKC turning points. Moreover, based on an exploration of division heterogeneity, this finding may be potentially dominated by forward GVC division.

KEYWORDS:

• Global value chain
• environmental kuznets curve
• economic growth
• division heterogeneity

JEL CLASSIFICATION:

• C51
• F18
• F43
• O11

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [72173040]; Postgraduate Scientific Research Innovation Project of Hunan Province [CX20210385]; Philosophy and Social Science Fund project of Hunan Province [21YBQ079].