Title Page
Abstract
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction 8
1.1. Background 8
1.2. Statement of the Problem 12
1.3. Significance and Purpose of the Study 14
1.4. Plan of the Study 20
Chapter 2. Theoretical Background and Literature Review 21
2.1. Sustainable Development Theories 21
2.1.1. Green Growth, SDGs and Green Economy 29
2.1.2. Environmental Kuznets Curve 33
2.2. Green Growth and EKC: Previous Studies 41
2.3. Green Growth Determinants: Between Developed and Developing Countries 45
2.4. Green Growth in Latin America 52
Chapter 3. Research Design 58
3.1. Analytical Framework 58
3.2. Research Question 61
3.3. Hypotheses 61
3.4. Research Methodology 62
3.4.1. Methodological Steps 62
3.4.2. Data set, variables and indicators 67
3.4.3. EKC Model and Equation 71
Chapter 4. Results and Discussion 75
4.1. Descriptive Statistics 75
4.2. Panel Regression Results 77
4.3. Correlation Results 80
4.4. Discussion of Model Results and Policy Implications 81
Chapter 5. Conclusions and Limitations 93
5.1. Theoretical and empirical Conclusions 93
5.2. Policy Implications Conclusions 96
5.3. Limitations of the Study 99
5.4. Recommendations for further Studies 100
Bibliography 102
Annexes 108
Abstract in Korean 111
TABLE 1. SUMMARY OF DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS 75
TABLE 2. PANEL REGRESSION RESULTS AND HAUSMAN TEST 78
TABLE 3. PEARSON CORRELATION RESULTS 80
Figure 1. Timeline of key Aspects in the Evolution of Sustainable Development 23
Figure 2. Estimated Environmental Kuznets Curve 35
Figure 3. Variation of Green Growth Index - Latin American Countries plus 54
Figure 4. Latin American Green Growth Index Comparison between initial and final Year by Country 56
Figure 5. Green Growth Percentage P-Value Change in Latin America 57
Figure 6. ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK 60