ISSN: 2265-6294

Relationship between economic growth, population and environment: empirical evidence from Ecuador

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Anderson Argothy,Jorge Bernal,Cristian Andrade,Mayra Bedoya,Fernando Andrade

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The main purpose of this research is to identify the relationship between: Economic growth, environmental and demographic variables for a developing country. World Bank data are used for the period 1960-2016. The methodology is based on structural equations and a Vector Autoregressive (VAR) econometric model. Johansen cointegration and Granger causality tests were performed. The results show that the variables are cointegrated. There is a statistically significant long-term relationship between the proposed variables, in addition, oneway direction.

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