Is the Tourism-Induced Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis Valid in the Most Visited Countries?: A Fresh Insight from Dynamic Common Correlated Effects (DCCE) Approach

Is the Tourism-Induced Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis Valid in the Most Visited Countries?: A Fresh Insight from Dynamic Common Correlated Effects (DCCE) Approach

Tunahan Hacıimamoğlu
ISBN13: 9781668467275|ISBN10: 1668467275|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668467282|EISBN13: 9781668467299
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6727-5.ch006
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

Hacıimamoğlu, Tunahan. "Is the Tourism-Induced Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis Valid in the Most Visited Countries?: A Fresh Insight from Dynamic Common Correlated Effects (DCCE) Approach." Perspectives on Ecological Degradation and Technological Progress, edited by Veli Yilanci, IGI Global, 2023, pp. 147-168. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6727-5.ch006

APA

Hacıimamoğlu, T. (2023). Is the Tourism-Induced Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis Valid in the Most Visited Countries?: A Fresh Insight from Dynamic Common Correlated Effects (DCCE) Approach. In V. Yilanci (Ed.), Perspectives on Ecological Degradation and Technological Progress (pp. 147-168). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6727-5.ch006

Chicago

Hacıimamoğlu, Tunahan. "Is the Tourism-Induced Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis Valid in the Most Visited Countries?: A Fresh Insight from Dynamic Common Correlated Effects (DCCE) Approach." In Perspectives on Ecological Degradation and Technological Progress, edited by Veli Yilanci, 147-168. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6727-5.ch006

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

This study aims to test the tourism-induced EKC hypothesis, which claims the existence of an inverted U-shaped relationship between environmental pollution and tourism activities, for the period 1995-2018 in the most-visited countries in terms of the number of international tourists (Spain, United States, China, Italy, Turkey, Mexico, Thailand, Germany, and England). In this study, in which ecological footprint, which is a comprehensive and alternative variable, was used as an indicator of environmental pollution, the relations between the variables were analyzed using second-generation test techniques. Long-term relationships were examined by the LM and DH test, and the coefficients were estimated with the common correlated effects mean group (CCE–MG) and dynamic common correlated effects (DCCE) estimators. As a result of the empirical analysis, it was found that there is a U-shaped relationship between environmental pollution and tourism activity, and the validity of the tourism-induced EKC hypothesis could not be confirmed.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.