Environment and Sustainable Economic Growth: a case study of Iran
Subject Areas : Labor and Demographic Economics
Keywords: sustainable development, Environmental pollution, Environmental Protection Expenditure,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to investigate the interactive effects of economic growth and environment by using the growth models and simulation equations method. The results of estimating the production function and environmental pollution (CO2 emissions), by using two-stage least squares (2SLS) during 1976 to 2006 represents that although environment quality has positive and significant impact on economic growth, but it is being worsened by the rapid growth of economy. Also, results indicate that the effect of environmental protection expenditure on environment quality is not significant.
فهرست منابع
ـ بانک مرکزی جمهوری اسلامی ایران، حسابهای ملی، سالهای مختلف
ـ مرکزآمارایران، سالنامه آماری، سالهای مختلف
ـ سازمان مدیریت و برنامه ریزی، گزارشهای اقتصادی، سالهای اقتصادی
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