Comparison the Effect of Renewable and Non- Renewable Energy on Air Pollution: "A Case Study of Middle-Income Countries"

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• mohsen darvish ¹
• fatemeh zandi ²
• bijan safavi ²
• behnaz saboori ³

¹ Ph.D. Student of Public Sector Economics, Department of Economics, Faculty of Shahid Soleimani (Economics), South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Shahid Soleimani (Economics), South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

³ Associat Professor, Department of Natural Resource Economics, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Soltan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.

10.30495/jae.2024.31532.2372

Abstract

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The current article looks at the question of what effect renewable energy has had on air pollution in countries with high and low middle income in the period of 1990-2020. The short-term and long-term coefficients are estimated from the specified research model and using the panel data method including CS-ARDL. The results of the research show that in the long -term there is no inverse N relationship between per capita income and pollution emission in the two groups of countries with medium to high and low income. Based on this, the environmental Kuznets hypothesis is not accepted at conventional statistical levels, and in the long term, the effectiveness of renewable energy consumption among middle- income groups in reducing pollution emissions has not yet reached the reducing efficiency stage. The CO2 emission coefficient decreases due to the consumption of fossil energy along with the increase in the level of development.

Keywords

• Renewable Energy Consumption
• Non-Renewable Energy Consumption
• Carbon Dioxide Consumption
• Middle Income Countries. The Per Capita Income

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