Environmental Costs Of Economic Growth: Determinants of CO2 Emissions in Turkey and Iran
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In this study our aim is to identify and analyze
the factors that are increasing or decreasing the CO2 emissions –
the widely accepted reason of climate change and global warming – for the two
superpowers of Middle East, Turkey and Iran over the period 1990-2011. In the
first part of study, the decoupling factor (developed by Zhang (in 2000) and
accepted as an indicator by OECD (in 2002)) have been used to examine the
relationship between real GDP and CO2 emissions. After that, using
the logarithmic mean Divisia index (LMDI) method the major determining factors
of CO2 emissions have been identified and analyzed. Empirical
findings revealed that the economic activity and population are the major
influencing factors of carbon emissions for both countries. For Iran, the
energy intensity was the third major determining factor in carbon emissions,
whereas it was the carbon intensity for Turkey. As a result, the empirical
findings clarified that both countries should follow energy saving policies and
diversify their energy matrices with renewable sources.
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