A plausible explanation for the negative correlation between environmental degradation and healthcare expenditure
Publication Name
Applied Economics Letters
Abstract
This article provides a plausible explanation for the seemingly counterintuitive observation that healthcare expenditure can be negatively correlated with environmental degradation, measured by CO2 emissions. A mathematical proof is presented to demonstrate that the relation between expenditure and degradation may be positive or negative, depending on the position of the underlying country or region on the environmental Kuznets curve. This proposition is confirmed by a diagrammatic exposition and a simulation exercise.
Open Access Status
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Volume
28
Issue
16
First Page
1377
Last Page
1381