Economic growth and fisheries biocapacity in BRICS+T: An Environmental Kuznets Curve analysis
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2025-03
Authors
Canbay, Şerif
Şengül, Serkan
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Ege University
Abstract
This study evaluates the robustness of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis by examining the association between economic growth and fisheries biocapacity in BRICS+T countries, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, and Türkiye. Panel bootstrap causality test is utilized to evaluate the causal relationship between the variables using data covering the period 1992-2022. The results show that the EKC hypothesis is held for Russia, South Africa and Türkiye and that economic growth initially causes to a decrease in fisheries biocapacity, but after a certain threshold, biocapacity recovers. In contrast, the EKC hypothesis is not supported for Brazil, China and India. These findings necessitate governments to take policy measures to promote environmental sustainability.
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Fishing biocapacity , Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) , economic growth , sustainability , environmental policy
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Canbay, Ş., & Şengül, S. (2025). Economic growth and fisheries biocapacity in BRICS+T: An environmental Kuznets Curve analysis. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 42(2), 93-104. https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.42.2.02
