توسعه مالی
Somayeh Azami; Alireza Nokani
Abstract
Financial development plays an important role in economic development and growth. But the question is what effect does financial development have on the quality of the environment? The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of different indicators of financial development on carbon dioxide ...
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Financial development plays an important role in economic development and growth. But the question is what effect does financial development have on the quality of the environment? The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of different indicators of financial development on carbon dioxide emissions. Considering different financial development indicators, using principal component analysis (PCA), a composite index of financial development is constructed. The biggest role in the construction of the main component is the index of the percentage of bank deposits to GDP. The estimation of linear and non-linear ARDL model shows that renewable energy significantly leads to reduction of emissions and improvement of environmental quality, and Kuznets environmental curve is confirmed in Iran. Also, financial development has a long-run effect on carbon dioxide emissions. The Non-linear ARDL results indicate that the positive shock of financial development leads to a significant increase in carbon dioxide emissions, but the negative shock of financial development does not have a significant effect on carbon dioxide emissions. Therefore, financial development in Iran has not yet led to the achievement of environmentally friendly technologies, and considering the role and importance of financial development in economic growth and development, it is recommended to produce and consume renewable energy along with financial development in Iran to neutralize the effects of The negative environmental impact of financial development should be increased to achieve sustainable development.
Energy
Davood Manzoor; Vahid Aryanpur
Volume 8, Issue 30 , April 2018, , Pages 67-82
Abstract
This paper mainly focuses on the development of electricity supply system in Iran. A bottom-up energy system model is employed to identify the optimal generation mix. The model minimizes the total system costs using linear mix-integer programming under a set of technical, economic and environmental constraints. ...
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This paper mainly focuses on the development of electricity supply system in Iran. A bottom-up energy system model is employed to identify the optimal generation mix. The model minimizes the total system costs using linear mix-integer programming under a set of technical, economic and environmental constraints. Then, the optimal generation mix is compared with the actual transition pathway during the planning horizon. The comparison of historical development trend with the optimal scenario (model results) indicates that: 1- The average efficiency of thermal power plants is 4.5 percent lower than the optimal conditions, 2- Optimal pathway could save 90 billion cubic meters of natural gas and prevent CO2 emissions of 400 million tonnes over the study period, and 3- The annual additional costs of $630 million was imposed due to lack of funding.
Economic Growth
Mohammad Reza Lotfalipour; Morteza Bastam
Volume 7, Issue 27 , July 2017, , Pages 29-44
Abstract
Investigating economic aspects of pollutant emissions and their consequences, especially due to its increasing trend, is among important issues and accordingly in recent years much attention has been paid to its destructive impacts. In the present study, the impact of economic growth and urbanization ...
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Investigating economic aspects of pollutant emissions and their consequences, especially due to its increasing trend, is among important issues and accordingly in recent years much attention has been paid to its destructive impacts. In the present study, the impact of economic growth and urbanization on carbon dioxide emissions and existence of Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) is investigated. STRIPAT model framework was formed for the test and fixed impact parametric and semi-parametric panel data models were estimated for Asian countries from 2000 through 2014. Despite the fact that parametric panel data method didn't confirmed existence of inverted-U relationship for both models, but semi-parametric panel data confirmed EKC hypothesis just for economic growth and CO2 emissions variables.
Zahra Nasrollahi; Zahra Nasrollahi
Volume 4, Issue 13 , January 2014, , Pages 78-61
Abstract
Environmental issues, especially "climate change" due to the increase in greenhouse gas emissions in recent decades has become a global issue, so that today the pollution remains a challenge for countries. Given the importance of social capital and public awareness about the environmental impact of human ...
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Environmental issues, especially "climate change" due to the increase in greenhouse gas emissions in recent decades has become a global issue, so that today the pollution remains a challenge for countries. Given the importance of social capital and public awareness about the environmental impact of human activities on environmental problems confronting, aim of this paper is to answer the question that is there a relationship between social capital and environmental practices? In this study, we used Fukuyama index as a measurement of social capital. Initially, using factor analysis, social capital index is calculated for the period (1984-2011) and then using the Auto Regressive Distributed Lags (ARDL) model, long-term relationship between social capital and the environment has been tested. The results of the study show that in the period, social capital has a positive and significant effect on the health of environment and there is a strong relationship between environment and components of social capital.
Kuznets Curve
Mohammad Hassan Fotros
Volume 1, Issue 1 , January 2012, , Pages 77-59
Abstract
This research investigates the existence of relationships between economic growth and carbon emissions in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for the period of 1960 to 2005. A model relating economic growth and carbon emissions is used to examine the eventual existence of Environmental ...
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This research investigates the existence of relationships between economic growth and carbon emissions in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for the period of 1960 to 2005. A model relating economic growth and carbon emissions is used to examine the eventual existence of Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis. To test our hpothesis, the econometric panel data approach is employed. The results indicate that there is a positive relationship between gross domestic product and CO2 emissions. And, with persistence of economic growth this relationship becomes negative. That is, the estimation has given an EKC relationship between GDP and CO2 emissions in these countrries.
