ARI, Ayse İstanbul Üniversitesi - İktisat Fakültesi - İktisat Bölümü, Turkey , ZEREN, Fatma İstanbul Üniversitesi - İktisat Fakültesi - Ekonometri Bölümü, Turkey

CO2 Emission and Economic Growth: A Panel Data Analysis

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The aim of this paper is to test Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis by investigating the relationship between per capita income and carbon dioxide (CO2) emission. In accordance with this aim, The Mediterranian Countries have been analysed with the panel data method over the period 2000-2005. The empirical results displayed an N-shaped relationship between per capita GDP and CO2 emission. Thereby, it has seen that CO2 emission can also increase at the high levels of per capita income. Furthermore, the effects of the population density and energy consumption on the environmental pollution have also been searched in this study. The obtained empirical results indicated that the population density and energy consumption effect CO2 emission positively.

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CO2 emission , Environmental Kuznets Curve , economic growth , panel data analysis

Journal Of Management an‎d Economics

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