TY - JOUR TT - The Relationships of Environmental Degradation and Trade Openness in Indonesia AU - Oktavilia, Shanty AU - Firmansyah, Firmansyah PY - 2016 DA - August JF - International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues JO - IJEFI PB - İlhan ÖZTÜRK WT - DergiPark SN - 2146-4138 SP - 125 EP - 129 VL - 6 IS - 6 KW - Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) KW - per capita income KW - trade liberalization N2 - Economic development activity lowers the quality of the environment, mainly through production with the use of natural resources excessively, and the resulting residue. The impact of the environment is intensified with the increase of international trade. This study examines how the effect of trade liberalization on environmental quality and the existence of Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) in Indonesia. By employing the error correction model (ECM) to annually data along 1976-2014, this study also analyses the dynamic relationship of the economic and environmental variables, in three equations, i.e. linear, quadratic and cubic. This study finds that in the long run, all equations statistically prove the effect of trade liberalization on environmental except in linear equation, and the EKC hypothesis proves on all equations. In the short run, the CO2 emission is partially influenced trade liberalization in all types of equation, and the per capita income by the quadratic equation. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijefi/issue//352816 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/363763 ER -