The environmental Kuznets curve under a new framework: The role of social capital in water pollution

Krishna P. Paudel, Louisiana State University
Mark J. Schafer, Louisiana State University

Abstract

We advance a case for including social capital in an environmental Kuznets curve analysis using highly disaggregated data of water pollution in Louisiana. We create a social capital index and employ parametric and spatial panel regression models to explain water pollution dynamics. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.