Analysis of the dynamics of environmental degradation for 18 upper middle-income countries: the role of financial development

Çetin M., Aslan A., Sümerli Sarıgül S.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH, cilt.29, sa.43, ss.64647-64664, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 43
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11356-022-20290-2
  • Dergi Adı: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, IBZ Online, ABI/INFORM, Aerospace Database, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Environment Index, Geobase, MEDLINE, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.64647-64664
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Financial development, CO2 emissions, AMG, Bootstrap causality, RENEWABLE ENERGY-CONSUMPTION, CARBON-DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, AFFECT CO2 EMISSIONS, KUZNETS CURVE HYPOTHESIS, PANEL-DATA EVIDENCE, ECONOMIC-GROWTH, INTERNATIONAL-TRADE, NONRENEWABLE ENERGY, LONG-RUN, STOCK-MARKET
  • Kayseri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study aims at investigating the dynamics of environmental degradation by focusing on the financial development-CO2 emissions link. In this purpose, economic growth, renewable energy consumption, trade openness and urbanization are integrated into the CO2 emissions model as other explanatory variables. In this study, 18 upper-middle-income countries with the highest growth rate in the world are examined for the period 1990-2018 by AMG method, which considers the cross-sectional dependence and slope heterogeneity. In addition, the causal linkages between variables are explored by Dumitrescu-Hurlin panel bootstrap causality technique. As a result of the study, it is found that financial development and renewable energy consumption reduce CO2 emissions. In addition, it is determined that economic growth, urbanization, and trade openness deteriorate the environmental quality. As a result of causality analysis, while one-way is found from renewable energy consumption to CO2 emissions, a bidirectional causality is observed between financial development and CO2 emissions. Empirical findings provide several policy suggestions that decrease CO2 emissions in these countries.