Determinants of pollution: comparative analysis of developed and developing countries in the EU

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2023-12

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Yazıcı, Fırat

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This master thesis examines the determinants of pollution, comparing and contrasting these determinants for developed and developing countries within the European Union (EU). In this study, we try to analyze the main determinants of pollution for developed and developing EU countries and the EU as a whole for the years between 2000 and 2019 in the context of the Environmental Kuznets Curve Theory. In order to do this, we employed the Panel Vectoral Autoregression model (PVAR model) which is the main econometric method for capturing common characteristics for countries that have different economic, political, and structural backgrounds. In our study, we found that use of environment related technologies, environmental tax, natural resource rent, consumption of renewable energy, urbanization level, and GDP per capita have a significant impact on our dependent variable carbon emissions per capita. The findings of this study contribute to a deeper understanding of pollution dynamics in the EU, and it also offers policymakers valuable insights for creating effective strategies to combat pollution in developed and developing countries in the EU

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Pollution, Carbon Emissions, PVAR model, Developed/Developing Countries

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/107715

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis