Abstract: This paper estimates the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) for SO2 emissions per capita, wasted water per capita and dust and fume emissions per capita by employing the fixed effected instrumental variables models based on a panel data set of 281 prefecture-level cities of China from 2004 to 2010. Firstly, it shows that the inverted U-curve relationship between economic growth and environment is significant and the turning points for SO2 emissions per capita, waste water per capita and dust and fume emissions per capita are 15190RMB, 14449RMB and 5743RMB respectively. At present, more and more Chinese cities are close to or even cross the EKC turning point. Meanwhile, urbanization has a positive effect on environment improvement. On this basis, this paper gives relative policy implications.
Keywords：Economic Growth, Environment Quality, Environment Kuznets Curve
source:Finance & Trade Economics ,No1,2014