An analysis of the relationship between Carbon-Dioxide Emissions and Gross Domestic Product For 139 countries within the time period 1985-2004

• Main Authors: Homoródi, Réka, Osmólska, Katarzyna
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för teknik och samhälle 2009
• Subjects: CO2 emission; economic development; environment; Environmental Kuznets Curve; GDP; national income; pollution; Economics; Nationalekonomi
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-3110

  The purpose of this dissertation would be to find the relationship between CO2 emission and GDP. We found that in case of the majority of countries the CO2 emission is related to national income and follows an inverted-U shaped curve. In our analysis we used the regression technique on 139 countries within the time period 1985-2004 to model and analyze the mentioned relationship and define the variables, that describe it. As it will be proved, Environmental Kuznets Curve validate the model and our hypothesis confirm other researches, therefore the inverse-u relationship proves to be correct.