A Study on the Relationship between Economic Growth and Environmental Pollution——An Empirical Analysis Based on Environmental Kuznets Curve

An empirical analysis is made on environmental Kuznets curve(EKC) by using data from 2000 to 2010.Comprehensive environmental pollution index is used to evaluate industrial waste gas,waste water and solid wastes,and the arrival times of the "turning points" of different provinces are calculated.The authors find that an inverted "U" shape EKC does exist,and most of the times are after 2020.By taking "environmental carrying capacity threshold" into account,the authors make a modification on EKC,and propose that ecological disaster might be triggered by hitting "environmental carrying capacity threshold" before the arrival of the turning points.The paper analyzes the internal mechanism of EKC by using effect decomposition method,and based on the results,policy suggestions are made on bring EKC turning point forward while making the curve be more flat.